"Today's ruling enables millions of families to continue their journey of legal immigration. As an immigrant who came over for the pursuit of the American Dream, it's encouraging to see that our borders will not be open to only those who are wealthy," said Xiao Wang told CBS Tuesday (Jan. 7). Wang is co-founder of Boundless, a business that assists clients through the country's immigration process.
The decision by a three-judge panel on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to maintain the nationwide injunction blocking the so-called "public charge" rule is a victory for critics of the proposed regulation, which they say would disproportionately affect low-income immigrants and people of color seeking to move to the US.
"Xenophobia has no place in our country, let alone our laws,"said Laboni Hoq, litigation director at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles.
By applying the public charge rule to any immigrant who uses any form of government assistance such as food stamps, housing assistance of SSI, the administration hoped to limit immigration. However, that proposal was blocked nationwide by federal court injunctions in Maryland and New York.
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