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Federal appeals court refuses to allow implementation of public charge immigration rule

January 9, 2020

Via: Jurist

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday refused to lift an injunction preventing the Trump administration from implementing the new public charge rule, which would make it easier to restrict certain populations from entering the country. The new change is to prevent immigrants from using Medicaid and Food Stamps.

A separate injunction was previously denied by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as they said that the policy change was a fair use of the administration’s power.

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