Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, Government Secretly Held Asylum-Seeking Children in Hotels, USCIS Fee Hikes Will Go Into Effect for These Applications. "Today's injunction will ensure they are not targeted for obtaining health coverage or other vital services, as they continue to battle COVID-19," she said in a statement. However, in July, a federal judge in New York again halted the policy, citing evidence that it was deterring immigrant communities hard-hit by COVID-19 from accessing critical government aid and medical services. On July 29, Judge Daniels granted the State of New York’s request to temporarily halt the public charge rule nationwide. Within days, the challengers went back in front of Judge Daniels and asked for exactly that. The rule makes it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status if they use public benefits such as Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers. In January 2019, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to step in and lift the injunctions against the public charge rule while the appeals process went forward. After months of litigation and an intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Trump administration first implemented the regulation this February. Aaron holds a J.D. The Department of Justice’s next step would be to ask the Second Circuit to issue a stay of Judge Daniels’ decisions. in Politics and East Asian Studies from Brandeis University. Trump and Biden pause to mark Veterans Day, Militias take aim at gun laws: "It's about shooting tyrants in the face", Tampa Bay warned of potentially deadly flooding as Eta hits land, Biden plans sweeping reversal of Trump's immigration agenda, Americans planning holiday travel could add to COVID-19 surge, Ron Klain to serve as Biden's chief of staff, Ex-cop charged in Breonna Taylor raid sued for alleged sex assault, Dems and GOP worry about Facebook and Google political ad bans, Election Live Updates: Trump and Biden pause to mark Veterans Day, A first-hand look at ballot counting in Pennsylvania, Georgia secretary of state announces hand recount of presidential race, Pentagon upheaval in Trump's final weeks in office, Trump makes first formal public appearance since election defeat, Biden and the economy: What it means for your wallet, Pompeo declines to say Biden has won presidential election, Biden team considering legal options if Trump keeps stalling, Judge blocks Trump's "public charge" wealth test for green cards, How Trump used COVID-19 to shut U.S. borders to migrant minors, Texas facility now holding soon-to-be expelled migrant families, Migrant families face "many dangers" along U.S. border. However, experts believe a Biden administration could effectively end the policy by agreeing to a court settlement in the litigation surrounding it. The regulation gives U.S. immigration officials more power to reject petitions for legal permanent residency from immigrants who they determine rely — or could rely — on public benefits like food stamps, housing vouchers or Medicaid.