LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE TRUMP

MINISTRATION PUBLIC CHARGE

POLICY THAT WOULD DENY GREEN

CARDS TO APPLICANTS THAT

RECEIVE LONG-TERM PUBLIC

ASSISTANCE.

LET'S BRING IN FORMER

OVERSIGHT COUNCIL AT THE DHS

AND THE SENIOR SENIOR ADVISOR

AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

MIKE HOWELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING

US.

JUST TO BEGIN, HOW IMPACTFUL

DO YOU THINK THE NEW POLICY

WILL BE AS IT'S ROLLED OUT?

>> I THINK THIS IS THE MOST

CONSEQUENTIAL ACTION OF THIS

POLICY.

AND PERHAPS THE MOST

CONSEQUENTIAL ACTION IN MANY

DECADES FULL IN FOREST AND

CARRIED OUT IT HAS MASSIVE

IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INCOMING

LEGAL POPULATION AND THOSE

ALREADY IN THE COUNTRY.

>> WE TALKED TO BEING FULLY

ENFORCED WHAT YOU THINK THE

LIKELIHOOD IS OF THAT.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT

OF ICE TO ACTUALLY REMOVE

FOLKS.

THEY HAVE MADE IT BIG POLICY

OF THOSE TO LIMIT THE CAPACITY

OF ICE TO THE EXTENT OF THOSE

NUMBERS THEY ARE ABLE TO GET

HIGHER.

THERE IS MORE SPACE FOR FOLKS

TO BE REMOVED.

>> AGAINST THIS IN GENERAL.

BROADLY FROM FOLKS THAT ARE

RUNNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL

AS LAWSUITS.

THERE IS SOME MULTITUDE OF

STATES MORE THAN A DOZEN FILE

INCLUDING ROBERT SANTOS.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

MESSAGE IS CLEAR IF YOU ARE

WEALTHY YOU ARE BLOCK YOUR

REPORT YOU ARE NOT.

IT FORCES THEM TO SACRIFICE AS

THEIR DREAM FOR FOOD OR ROOF

OVER THEIR CHILDREN'S HEAD.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THE

ACTUAL RULE.

LIKE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF

WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THERE IS STILL AN ALLOWANCE

FOR ASYLUM.

AND HUMANITARIAN CASES AND

ASKING FOR IMMIGRANTS TO BE

WEALTHY.

TO NOT BE RELIANT ON THE

LIMITED SOCIAL SERVICES OF

THIS COMPANY ARE RESERVED FOR

AMERICANS.

SPEAK TO WHY YOU THINK THE

ROLL OUT NOW.

IT HAS ROLLED OUT A NUMBER OF

POLICIES.

SOME HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED BY

THE COURTS.

WHY NOW?

>> IS A GREAT QUESTION.

THIS IS THE DAY ONE PRIORITY

AT DHS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE

WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT.

THEY PUT IT THROUGH A VERY

ROBUST PROCESS.

IT TOOK WELL OVER TWO YEARS TO

GET WHERE WE ARE NOW BUT NOW

WE ARE VERY SOLID LEGAL

FOUNDATION AND CAN SURVIVE A

MYRIAD OF CHALLENGES.

IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE

LOSSES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF

CALIFORNIA AND THE FAR LEFT,

THEY ARE REALLY MAKING A VALID

LEGAL CLAIM THESE ARE POLICY

OBJECTIONS.

THE ADMINISTRATION IS A GOOD

LEGAL FOOTING BECAUSE OF THE

DELIVERANCE OF NATURE THAT

THEY TOOK.

BQ ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY

TOOK.

IS RELATED TO RACISM.

BUT SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES

TO THIS POLICY NUMBER OF

IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE

COME OUT AND PUSH BACK.

AMONG THEM THE NATIONAL

IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER.

SHE WRITES IF YOU ARE NOT

WHITE AND WEALTHY YOU ARE NO

LONGER WEALTHY --DASH WELCOME

WELCOME IN THIS COUNTRY.

YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS IS

SOMETHING TO RATE IMMIGRANTS.

FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

>> I WOULD ENCOURAGE HER TO

READ THE RULE.

IT IS A RACIALLY NEUTRAL RULE

IT DOES NOT CARE WHAT COLOR

YOU ARE.

IT APPLIES TO PEOPLE ACROSS

THE BOARD.

I'LL SHOW YOU, WHEREVER YOU

WANT.

IT IS RACIALLY NEUTRAL IS

SIMPLY ASKING THE IMMIGRANTS

WHO WISH TO COME INTO THIS