DHS Public Charge Rule for Immigrants Halted (2)

The Department of Homeland Security lost its bid to stop preliminary injunctions against a new public charge rule limiting the number of immigrants who can be admitted to the U.S. based on doubts they can be self-sufficient, with a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Wednesday.

The rule likely isn’t a reasonable interpretation of federal immigration law, the court said.

A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld preliminary injunctions against the rule issued by district courts in California and Washington, though it narrowed the Washington-based court’s nationwide injunction to cover only the territory within the court’s jurisdiction. ...