Public charge rule no longer in effect after supreme court dismisses appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal,
brought by a group of Republican-led states seeking to intervene in a case challenging the Trump-era
“public charge” immigration policy.
The case centered on whether the Biden administration
followed proper procedures when it revoked the rule and dismissed pending legal challenges.
The “public charge” rule, a Trump administration policy,
made it more difficult for immigrants,
To obtain legal status if they used certain public benefits, such as Medicaid, food stamps, and housing vouchers
The dismissed an appeal Wednesday brought by a group of Republican-led states seeking to intervene in a case challenging the Trump-era “public charge” immigration policy, a version of which the Biden administration has abandoned.