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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.
May, 2020
Issue Brief
... receipt. The proposed rule creates a complicated metric system that calculates the monetary value of the specific ...
September, 2018
Analysis, Funding Recommendations
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.
March, 2020
Talking Points
... democracy through the rewriting of our immigration system by fiat. The tremendous amount of confusion and ...
August, 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief