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US President Donald Trump's administration is to make it more difficult for poorer legal migrants to extend their visas or gain permanent resident status (a green card). | US President Donald Trump's administration is to make it more difficult for poorer legal migrants to extend their visas or gain permanent resident status (a green card). |
The rule targets migrants who rely on public assistance, such as food aid or public housing, for more than a year. | The rule targets migrants who rely on public assistance, such as food aid or public housing, for more than a year. |
Their applications will be rejected if the government decides they are likely to rely on public assistance in future. | Their applications will be rejected if the government decides they are likely to rely on public assistance in future. |
The rule change would reinforce "ideals of self-sufficiency," officials said. | The rule change would reinforce "ideals of self-sufficiency," officials said. |
Immigrants who already hold a green card are unlikely to be affected. | Immigrants who already hold a green card are unlikely to be affected. |
The new regulation, known as a "public charge" rule, was published in the Federal Register on Monday and will take effect on 15 October. | The new regulation, known as a "public charge" rule, was published in the Federal Register on Monday and will take effect on 15 October. |
Applicants who do not meet income standards or who are likely to rely on benefits such as Medicaid (government-run healthcare) in future will be blocked from entering the country. | |
Those already in the US would not be able to obtain green cards or US citizenship. | Those already in the US would not be able to obtain green cards or US citizenship. |
President Trump has made immigration a central theme of his administration. Last week, about 680 people were arrested in the state of Mississippi on suspicion of being undocumented migrants. | |
Pictures emerged of children crying after being separated from their parents. Officials said they took steps to ensure any children were properly cared for. | |
The White House says two-thirds of immigrants entering the US "do so based on family ties rather than on skill or merit". | |
More than three-quarters (78%) of households headed by a non-citizen with no more than a secondary school education used at least one welfare programme, it said. | |
The number of would-be migrants apprehended at the US southern border with Mexico has been rising over the last two years. | |
However, the number of undocumented immigrants in the US is falling, according to recent analysis from the Pew Research Center. | |
In May, President Trump put forward proposals for a new skills-based immigration system, designed to favour younger, better educated, English-speaking workers. |