The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday with a request from the Biden government to close a case that defies the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule, which limits access to green cards to those likely to accept public assistance.
The court agreed last month to hear challenges to the 2018 rule, but the Biden administration in its request noted that all parties agreed to ask the court to close the case.
The request signaled that the White House is likely to abandon the rule on its own. The rule was contested by several states and advocacy groups who argued that it was a test of wealth for immigrants. The latest federal government records were appeals filed by the Trump administration.
The Biden government has adopted a similar stance in other major immigration cases, convincing the court to cancel hearings in cases that challenge the former President Trump
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He has already ordered a review of the public billing rule by the Department of Homeland Security in an executive order from early February.
The rule has been fought in litigation for years, with the Supreme Court ruling out other first instance injunctions to freeze it.
“Immigrant families can now have access to life-saving health care, food and housing assistance, for which they are eligible, without fear of losing the chance to obtain legal permanent residence, because today’s actions mean that the damaging rule Trump’s public service charge will again be blocked, ”the Legal Aid Society, Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. and others who defied the rule said in a statement on Tuesday.
“The Trump rule erected an invisible wall in the form of a wealth test that discriminated against people on the basis of race as a condition for regularizing their immigration status. … And because of the public collection rule, immigrant families have lived in fear of using essential benefits such as health, despite serving as frontline workers who are among the hardest hit by COVID-19. “
While critics say the rule blocked those who might qualify for food stamps or other social safety nets, the Trump administration argued that it was in the United States’ interest to ensure that immigrants could be self-reliant.
Updated at 15:07