Across the country, fear and confusion about the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule has prompted immigrants and their families to drop out or stay out of public nutrition programs, even when they are eligible, according to immigrant and anti-hunger groups. Enrollment in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and school food programs has been affected, although they are not covered by the new rule, say the advocates. - Mother Jones
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Trump policy is leaving people, including kids, hungry
The rule took effect February 24. As this article notes, the rule itself isn't entirely the issue. From a news search just now, there is at least one legal challenge pending.
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Did you read the Gorsuch opinion for why this was allowed to occur ?
ReplyDelete"If all of this is confusing, don’t worry, because none of it matters much at this point."
Gorsuch in a 5-4 ruling, was asked whether a stay should be allowed to prevent the Trump Administration from implementing the new rule while lower courts were ruling on the "public charge rule", and his response was in essence, sometimes, the Federal Government wins these cases and sometimes it doesn't ... more or less saying, we don't know what will happen so let them continue as the Trump Administration argued that it would suffer “effectively irreparable harm” if it could not deny people access to healthcare, housing and food.
Yeah, we got people worried about the spread of the coronavirus, and Trump wants to make sure these people who are in our country won't go to see a doctor ... potentially infecting thousands.
The Gorsuch ruling rejected a stay that was granted by a district court which agreed that challengers to the rule, would likely to prevail and temporarily blocked the government from enforcing the rule.
There is a bill in Congress to deny Trump's actions ... H.R.3222 - No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2019