The policy will take effect in Texas and New Mexico, but not in California and Arizona, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Officials say they are still processing international arrivals, including U.S. citizens, but it is taking longer than usual.
They fear hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the United States lawfully will sacrifice public aid to avoid endangering their green cards.
Opponents of the Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule say it unfairly targets legal immigrants and could lead to public health outbreaks and other ills.
A policy change to the definition of what constitutes a “public charge” will expand the grounds upon which immigrants can be denied legal residency and other benefits.
Team Fusion was holding a fundraiser at Walmart when a gunman attacked. A grandfather was killed. Parents — including the head coach — were shot. Would the traumatized players want to go on?
Residents of the border city mourn an attack that hit at Mexicans and Americans in a place that often doesn’t distinguish between them.
Lawyers urge judge to take action to prevent parents from losing custody of their children for minor violations, including traffic offenses.
Attorney General William P. Barr has decided that families facing “private criminal activity” in their homelands should not have protected status in the United States.
Guillermo Mendoza, who will soon lose his permission to live in the United States legally, returned to El Salvador after 18 years to see loved ones and contemplate building a life there.