SNN | Somerville Immigrant Advocates Discuss Potential “Public Charge” Rule Changes
Channel: Somerville Media Center
Date: 2019-10-21

Somerville Immigrant Advocates Discuss Potential “Public Charge” Rule Changes

Somerville, Mass., Oct. 21, 2019 – Immigration advocates and allies expressed alarm at certain immigration rule changes the Trump adminstration was proposing that would primarily effect low-income individuals and families during a meeting at City Hall on Oct. 10.


Even though the proposed rule changes were blocked on Oct. 15 by three federal judges, that does not mean that they have not already had what advocates called a “chilling effect” by scaring immigrant families away from much-needed health care and other social services. 

By Keminni Amanor, Somerville Neighborhood News