Mayors and States Sue Trump over New Green Card Restrictions
The lawsuit says the rule could expand benefit screening to SNAP and WIC and push more immigrants away from health care and food aid.
- On Monday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of Democratic-led cities and states filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule set to take effect on Friday.
- A policy notice published on the USCIS website allows immigration officers to deny green cards to applicants deemed "likely at any time to become a public charge," expanding criteria to include non-cash programs like SNAP and WIC.
- Legal filings in the Southern District Court argue the rule will increase homelessness, untreated illnesses, and food insecurity while potentially preventing American citizens and their families from obtaining essential benefits.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James stated, "New Yorkers should not have to choose between putting food on the table, getting the health care they need, and pursuing a future in this country." A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told ABC News sanctuary states are "terrified they will lose federal funds."
- Current law limits green card denials to those dependent on federal cash assistance or long-term medical care, though the new rule excludes asylum seekers, refugees, and human trafficking victims from the expanded scrutiny.
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‘People Will Die’: Mamdani Sues Trump Administration to Stop Attempt to Cut Benefits for Immigrants
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed companion lawsuits aimed to stop the Trump administration's implementation of a new 'public charge' rule.
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Just the NewsMamdani Sues Trump Admin over Rule Blocking Green Cards for Welfare Recipients
New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced a joint lawsuit with other mayors against the Trump administration over a planned rule that would block green cards and visas to people using welfare programs. “The new public charge rule seeks to push immigrant families away from the programs that have kept people fed and healthy for decades. New Yorkers will be afraid to see a doctor or ask for help they are legally entitled to,…
'People Could Die’: Mamdani Sounds Alarm as Cities Sue Trump Administration Over Immigrant Welfare Benefits
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday he was leading a coalition of cities suing over the Trump administration’s effort to block welfare benefits for certain immigrants. Other plaintiffs suing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York are Chicago,...
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Mayors and states sue Trump over new green card restrictions
Zohran Mamdani announces at a news conference that he is suing President Donald Trump’s administration over its policies that he says will drive immigrants and mixed-status families away from public benefits they can legally receive on Sept.
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