By Thelma Grimes | Colorado Politics
Colorado has filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time targeting a rule that allows immigration agents to consider more factors in deciding green card applications.
Joining 21 other states and the District of Columbia, Colorado’s state attorney general said the lawsuit aims to halt the Trump administration’s new public charge rule, which, he insisted, would allow immigration officials to “punish” immigrants for lawful use of public benefits.
The proposed rule change centers on “public charge,” a term dating to the Immigration Act of 1882 that allows the government to deny a green card to a person likely to become primarily dependent on the government for assistance. Immigration officers have weighed only cash benefits under this category and the Trump administration’s change would broaden what officers could consider.
The Trump administration noted that, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a person seeking a visa, admission or adjustment of status may not be admitted to the U.S. if that person is deemed likely to become a public ward — meaning a person who would need taxpayer support to survive. The administration insisted that a 2022 rule adopted by the Biden administration hampered the original intent of Congress.
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