Issue Brief
August 2020
By Gabrielle Lessard AUGUST 31, 2020 Recent decisions by federal courts have significantly altered the “public charge” landscape, creating uncertainty about the extent to which the...
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National Immigration Law Center
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Issue Brief
May 2020
California has moved proactively to support immigrant families in response to restrictive federal immigration and safety net policies, but policies like the new “public charge” rule still pose risks, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new rule significantly expands the criteria for determining whether applicants for permanent residency, or green cards, may be denied based on past or potential use of government benefit programs.
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Urban Institute
Talking Points
March 2020
The PIF Campaign recommends against proactively connecting coronavirus and public charge. In light of efforts by anti-immigrant activists to link immigration with infectious disease, PIF prefers to focus communication elsewhere.
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Protecting Immigrant Families
Program Materials
September 2019
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, " A Threat to Health and Wellbeing: Public Charge's Expected Impact and How Philanthropy Can Respond " here, including presentation and recording.
Funding Recommendations
Issue Brief
August 2019
This brief and funding recommendations considers the implications of the 'public charge' rule and how philanthropy can mount an effective immediate and long-term response.
Report
August 2019
This policy and data brief presents new survey experimental data on how changes to the public charge rule will impact undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S.
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U.S. Immigration Policy Center
Program Materials
October 2018
Find all program-related materials for the webinar, " What Funders Need to Know About "Public Charge:" An Analysis of the Published Rule and How Funders Can Take Action" here, including presentation and recording.
Analysis
Funding Recommendations
September 2018
A summary of some of the more important changes in the proposed "public charge" rule and how CLINIC plans to respond.
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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Analysis
September 2018
An analysis by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation of how the proposed "public charge" rule overhaul will impact immigrants' health coverage.
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Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Analysis
September 2018
An analysis of impact on immigrant hunger of the proposed public charge rule that was posted on the Department of Homeland Security’s website in late September.
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Food Research and Action Center
Issue Brief
September 2018
This issue brief explains how the proposed DHS rule to re-make the "public charge" immigration provision would result in discouraging many eligible immigrants from accessing Medicaid and other federal public benefits for fear of negatively effecting their immigration status.
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National Health Law Program
Factsheet
September 2018
A two-page factsheet on the impacts of the proposed "public charge" expansion on women of color.
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National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda
Report
June 2018
This report analyzes American Community Survey data on use of public benefits to understand the potential magnitude of the draft "public charge" rule’s effects.
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Migration Policy Institute (MPI)