Immigration
USCIS to Implement Public Charge Final Rule Beginning February 24
2.5.20
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last week that the new Public Charge rule will go into effect on February 24, 2020, except for in the State of Illinois. The agency also clarified that the new public charge testing criteria will only be used on applications postmarked or received after February 24.
From USCIS’s website:
Supreme Court Votes to Allow Implementation of New Public Charge Policy
Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign Calls and Webinars
1.8.20
The Protecting Immigrant Families campaign is hosting a call and two webinars in January to provide basic information about the public charge rule and the current state of play regarding the rule and related immigration policies:
Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction on Public Charge Rule
Preparing for the Public Charge Rule
DHS Publishes Final Public Charge Rule
CLPHA Submits Comments on HUD Proposals to Evict Mixed Status Families and Change FMR Methodology
7.11.19
Opposing HUD’s Dangerous Non-Citizen Rule
CLPHA Submits Public Comments Opposing HUD’s Dangerous Non-Citizen Proposal
7.9.19
CLPHA Submits Public Comments Opposing HUD’s Dangerous Non-Citizen Proposal
HUD’s cruel proposal would force mixed-status families to decide between a roof for some, or homelessness for all.
Comments to HUD Re: Docket No. FR–6124-P-01 Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status
7.9.19
On July 9, 2019, CLPHA and Reno & Cavanaugh PLLC submitted comments opposing HUD’s proposed rule titled “Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status.”