SEVERAL STATES ARE TAKING
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