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Much has been written
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about the public charge rule published by the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) last August.
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After litigation temporarily stalled implementation of the rule, it took
effect on February 24, 2020.
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The rule is complex, and made more complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The following fifteen frequently asked questions (FAQs) are not exhaustive,
but may help you understand some key aspects of the rule. The FAQs assume
basic familiarity with the rule, and apply only to the DHS rule, not to the
Department of State’s implementation of the public charge rule.
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<strong>1. Who is exempted from the public charge rule?</strong>
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The public charge rule does not apply to various noncitizens, including but
not limited to:
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1. Refugees;
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2. Asylum applicants;
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3. Refugees and asylees applying for adjustment to permanent resident
status;
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4. Amerasian Immigrants (for their initial admission);
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5. Afghan and Iraqi Interpreter, or Afghan or Iraqi national employed by or
on behalf of the U.S. Government as described in section 1059(a)(2) of the
National Defense Authorization Act;
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6. Individuals granted relief under the Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA);
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7. Individuals granted relief under the Nicaraguan and Central American
Relief Act (NACARA);
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8. Individuals granted relief under the Haitian Refugee Immigration
Fairness Act (HRIFA);
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9. Individuals applying for a T visa;
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10. Individuals applying for a U visa;
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11. Individuals who possess a T visa and are trying to become a permanent
resident;
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12. Individuals who possess a U visa and are trying to become a permanent
resident;
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13. Applicants or re-registrants for Temporary Protected Status (TPS);
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and
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14. VAWA self-petitioners under INA § 212(a)(4)(E)(i).
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2. What benefits are not considered for public charge purposes?
</strong>
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will not consider the
following benefits as part of a public charge evaluation: <strong></strong>
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1. Medicaid for the treatment of an emergency medical condition;
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<strong></strong>
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2. Services or benefits funded by Medicaid but provided under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
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3. School-based services or benefits provided to individuals who are at or
below the oldest age eligible for secondary education as determined under
state or local law;
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4. Medicaid benefits received by a noncitizen under twenty-one years old;
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or <strong></strong>
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5. Medicaid benefits received by a woman during pregnancy and during the
sixty-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy.
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<strong></strong>
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<strong>3. What public benefits implicate the public charge rule? </strong>
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USCIS guidance specifies that the following benefits may be considered as
part of a public charge determination:
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1. Any federal, state, local, or tribal cash assistance for income
maintenance, including:
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a. Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
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b. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); or
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c. Federal, state, or local cash benefit programs for income maintenance
(often called “General Assistance” in the state context, but which may
exist under other names);
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2. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly called food
stamps);
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3. Section 8 Housing Assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher Program;
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4. Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (including Moderate
Rehabilitation);
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5. Medicaid, except for:
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a. Benefits received for an emergency medical condition;
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b. Services or benefits funded by Medicaid but provided under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;
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c. School-based services or benefits provided to individuals who are at or
below the oldest age eligible for secondary education as determined under
state or local law;
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d. Benefits received by a noncitizen under twenty-one years old, or a woman
during pregnancy (and sixty days afterwards); and
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e. Vaccines and substance abuse treatment provided by local health centers
and state health departments;
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and
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6. Public Housing under section 9 of the Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. §
1437 et seq.
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<strong>
4. Does receiving state-based subsidized health insurance implicate
public charge concerns?
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A noncitizen may receive state-based health insurance, provided the
state-based insurance plan is not a cash benefit program.
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5. If a state uses federal funds to provide health insurance, would
this create a public charge?
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Yes. The DHS considers all federally-funded Medicaid plans when making
public charge determinations.
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If a state used Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act to provide
state-based health insurance, this would implicate the public charge rule.
For an interactive map of states that use Medicaid expansions to provide
state-based health insurance, see
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6. Does using Medicare Part D implicate public charge considerations?
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No. Noncitizens may use the low-income subsidy of Medicare Part D to
purchase prescription drugs without implicating public charge concerns.
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The low-income subsidy lowers the premium and cost-sharing amounts owed by
Medicare Part D plan enrollees.
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7. If a natural disaster impacts me, may I accept cash assistance from
federal, state, and/or local governments without implicating public
charge concerns?
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</strong>
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Yes. Disaster relief does not implicate public charge considerations. The
DHS permits noncitizens to accept relief under the Disaster Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance program, Stafford Act disaster assistance, and relief
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Individuals and Households
Program.
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Assistance from state and local governments is also permitted.
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<strong>8. Does the public charge rule apply retroactively?</strong>
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No. The USCIS presently states that it only consider public benefits used
on or after February 24, 2020 for public charge determinations.
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9. Can I accept donations from charitable organizations such as the
Salvation Army, religious groups, or other private groups without
implicating public charge concerns?
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Yes. The DHS states that a person may “rely on their own capabilities, as
well as the resources of family members, sponsors, and private
organizations.”
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10. Can I accept food from my local or state-funded food bank without
implicating the public charge?
</strong>
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<strong></strong>
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Yes. The DHS states that the public charge rule is intended to capture
federal programs such as SNAP. The DHS explicitly states that it “will not
consider…receiving food assistance through other programs, such as
exclusively state-funded programs, food banks, and emergency services.”
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<strong>11. Can I accept housing assistance other than Section 8?</strong>
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Possibly. The DHS considers receiving Section 8 vouchers, Section 8 rental
assistance, and public housing under section 9, which includes housing
developments made using funds from the Housing and Urban Development
Capital fund.
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However, the DHS states that it will not consider a person who lives in any
one of the listed housing programs as receiving public benefits unless the
public benefit granting agency actually designated the benefit for the
applicant as a beneficiary, such as in a contract, lease, or other
documentation.
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12. Do visits to the emergency room implicate public charge concerns?
</strong>
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<strong></strong>
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Unlikely. The DHS states that the rule expressly permits the use of
emergency Medicaid. While the definition of “emergency condition” would
seemingly exclude routine visits, the DHS states that the rule does not
apply to emergency response. However, the DHS did not define the scope of
“emergency response.”
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<strong>
13. Can my child receive school lunch or school-based nursing care
without implicating public charge concerns?
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<p>
<strong></strong>
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<p>
Yes. The DHS will not consider school-based benefits when making public
charge determinations.
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<strong>
14. If I am a primary caregiver, am I exempt from the public charge
rule?
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<p>
No. The DHS states that the primary care giver exception is intended as a
consideration only for the education and skills factor in the totality of
circumstances determination.
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<strong>
15. The coronavirus has impacted me; may I access public benefits
without implicating public charge concerns?
</strong>
</p>
<p>
Unclear. The USCIS has stated that it will continue to enforce the public
charge rule despite the recent pandemic. However, vaccinations are not
considered public benefits for public charge purposes.
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The DHS states that low-income immigrant children may obtain vaccines for
free through the Vaccines for Children Program.
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Furthermore, local health centers and state health departments provide
preventive services that include vaccines, which do not implicate public
charge concerns.
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Additionally, the USCIS has stated that the public charge rule does not
restrict access to testing, screening, or treatment of communicable
diseases, including COVID-19.
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If a noncitizen must rely on public benefits for the duration of the
COVID-19 outbreak and recovery phase, he or she can provide an explanation
and relevant supporting documentation as part of the public charge
determination. To the extent relevant and credible, the USCIS will take all
such evidence into consideration in the totality of the individual’s
circumstances.
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<em>See, e.g</em>
., Charles Gordon, Stanley Mailman, Stephen Yale-Loehr & Ronald
Wada, Immigration Law and Procedure § 63.05; Greg McLawsen,
<em>
Understanding the New DHS Rule on Public Charge
Inadmissibility; I-944s, I-864s and Much, Much More
</em>
, 24 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 1033 (Sept. 1, 2019); Protecting
Immigrant Families,
<em>
Changes to Public Charge: Analysis and Frequently Asked
Questions
</em>
(updated Feb. 24, 2020), <em>available at</em>
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1…uAeae8eog/edit
(last visited Apr. 12, 2020); Em Puhl & Sarah Lakhani,
Immigrant Legal Resource Ctr., <em>Public Charge Exemptions and Considerations</em> (Dec. 2019),
<a
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https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/f…ons_012020.pdf
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(last visited Apr.1 2, 2020).
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Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds, 84 Fed. Reg. 41,292-508
(Aug. 14, 2019) (final rule) [hereinafter Final DHS Public Charge
Rule].
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8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(1).
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8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(2).
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8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(1), (2).
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8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(3).
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8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(4).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn8″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref8″
name=”_ftn8″
title=””
>
[8]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(6).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn9″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref9″
name=”_ftn9″
title=””
>
[9]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(7).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn10″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref10″
name=”_ftn10″
title=””
>
[10]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(8).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn11″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref11″
name=”_ftn11″
title=””
>
[11]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(18).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn12″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref12″
name=”_ftn12″
title=””
>
[12]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(19).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn13″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref13″
name=”_ftn13″
title=””
>
[13]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(18).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn14″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref14″
name=”_ftn14″
title=””
>
[14]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(19).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn15″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref15″
name=”_ftn15″
title=””
>
[15]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(12).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn16″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref16″
name=”_ftn16″
title=””
>
[16]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.23(a)(20).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn17″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref17″
name=”_ftn17″
title=””
>
[17]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(5)(i). Emergency medical conditions are
conditions that can be reasonably expected to place the patient’s
health in serious jeopardy, cause serious impairment to bodily
functions, or cause serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or
part. 42 U.S.C. § 1396b(v)(3).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn18″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref18″
name=”_ftn18″
title=””
>
[18]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(5)(ii).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn19″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref19″
name=”_ftn19″
title=””
>
[19]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(5)(iii).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn20″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref20″
name=”_ftn20″
title=””
>
[20]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(5)(iv).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn21″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref21″
name=”_ftn21″
title=””
>
[21]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
.
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn22″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref22″
name=”_ftn22″
title=””
>
[22]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(1). Tax credits are excluded for public charge
purposes. <em>Id</em>.
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn23″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref23″
name=”_ftn23″
title=””
>
[23]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(2).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn24″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref24″
name=”_ftn24″
title=””
>
[24]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(3).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn25″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref25″
name=”_ftn25″
title=””
>
[25]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(4).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn26″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref26″
name=”_ftn26″
title=””
>
[26]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(5).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn27″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref27″
name=”_ftn27″
title=””
>
[27]
</a>
Final DHS Public Charge Rule, <em>supra</em> note 2, 84 Fed. Reg.
at 41,385 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn28″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref28″
name=”_ftn28″
title=””
>
[28]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(6).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn29″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref29″
name=”_ftn29″
title=””
>
[29]
</a>
Final DHS Public Charge Rule, <em>supra</em> note 2, 84 Fed. Reg.
at 41,390 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn30″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref30″
name=”_ftn30″
title=””
>
[30]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,380–81 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn31″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref31″
name=”_ftn31″
title=””
>
[31]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,297 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn32″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref32″
name=”_ftn32″
title=””
>
[32]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,386 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn33″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref33″
name=”_ftn33″
title=””
>
[33]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,392 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn34″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref34″
name=”_ftn34″
title=””
>
[34]
</a>
<em>Id. </em>
(supplementary information).<em></em>
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn35″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref35″
name=”_ftn35″
title=””
>
[35]
</a>
<em>See</em>
USCIS, Final Rule on Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility,
<a
href=”https://www.uscis.gov/archive/archive-news/final-rule-public-charge-ground-inadmissibility”
>
https://www.uscis.gov/archive/archiv…nadmissibility
</a>
(last visited Apr. 19, 2020).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn36″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref36″
name=”_ftn36″
title=””
>
[36]
</a>
Final DHS Public Charge Rule, <em>supra</em> note 2, 84 Fed. Reg.
at 41,320 (supplementary information).<em></em>
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn37″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref37″
name=”_ftn37″
title=””
>
[37]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,313 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn38″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref38″
name=”_ftn38″
title=””
>
[38]
</a>
8 C.F.R. § 212.21(b)(3), (4), (6); 42 U.S.C. § 1437g(c).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn39″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref39″
name=”_ftn39″
title=””
>
[39]
</a>
Final DHS Public Charge Rule, <em>supra</em> note 2, 84 Fed. Reg.
at 41,377 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn40″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref40″
name=”_ftn40″
title=””
>
[40]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,312 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn41″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref41″
name=”_ftn41″
title=””
>
[41]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,296 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn42″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref42″
name=”_ftn42″
title=””
>
[42]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,298 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn43″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref43″
name=”_ftn43″
title=””
>
[43]
</a>
<em>Id</em>
. at 41,384–85 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn44″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref44″
name=”_ftn44″
title=””
>
[44]
</a>
<em>Id.</em>
at 41, 385 (supplementary information).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn45″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref45″
name=”_ftn45″
title=””
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[45]
</a>
<em>Id. </em>
(supplementary information).<em></em>
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn46″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref46″
name=”_ftn46″
title=””
>
[46]
</a>
USCIS, Public Charge Alert,
<a href=”https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/public-charge”>
https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/public-charge
</a>
(last visited Mar. 25, 2020).
</p>
</div>
<div id=”ftn47″>
<p>
<a
href=”file:///C:/Users/ILW.COM/Downloads/Public%20Charge%20article%20for%20ilw.com.docx#_ftnref47″
name=”_ftn47″
title=””
>
[47]
</a>
<em>Id. </em>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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