Bloomberg Law
Nov. 2, 2020, 5:26 PM UTCUpdated: Nov. 2, 2020, 10:03 PM UTC

Court Voids Public Charge Rule Denying Immigrants U.S. Entry (1)

Bernie Pazanowski
Bernie Pazanowski
Reporter
Genevieve Douglas
Genevieve Douglas
Reporter

The Trump administration’s new public charge rule, which expanded the definition of immigrants who are inadmissible to the U.S. because of doubts they could be self-sustaining, has been struck down by a federal judge in Chicago.

The rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act, meaning it must be vacated, Judge Gary Feinerman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Monday.

Cook County, Ill., and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Inc. had argued that the rule’s interpretation of who is a public charge was arbitrary and capricious, and incompatible with the federal Immigration and ...

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