✅ Second appeals court backs Trump’s rule that connects immigrants’ status with taxpayer burden

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✍ The Trump administration saw another partial victory in efforts to curb legal immigration as a federal appeals court lifted a lower court injunction against the “public charge” policy.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday lifted an injunction which blocked the administration from implementing a rule that connects a legal immigrant’s status with federal benefits from government programs like food stamps or Medicaid, The Hill reported.
The three-judge panel on the Richmond, Va.-based Fourth Circuit reached a 2-1 decision on Monday that echoed a similar one by the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit last week in lifting preliminary injunctions issued against the administration’s “public charge” policy before it took effect in October.
But, as in the Ninth Circuit ruling, the Fourth Circuit’s decision does not clear the way for the Trump plan to fully take effect due to a ruling by a district judge in New York under the Second Circuit which is in effect nationwide.
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