Trump Takes Aim at Legal Immigration With Reviews on Public Aid

  • Legal immigrants could be blocked from getting green cards
  • President has been cracking down on immigration ahead of 2020
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The Trump administration on Monday continued its crackdown on immigration with a new rule that could block immigrants from getting green cards if they’ve used government benefits or are found likely to use them.

The 837-page regulation -- known as a “public charge” rule -- likely will fall hardest on low-income legal immigrants who perform much of the country’s menial labor on farms and in the service industry.