The New, Sharper Teeth of Existing Public Charge Provisions
Published August 31, 2019 Concerns about new immigrants becoming a “public charge” and dependent on U.S. government resources, have pretty much always been a part of our immigration related legal landscape. Form I-864 Affidavit of Support – a document required for the final stages of nearly all family based immigration filings - is the most well known representation of this concern. Typically U.S. based petitioning family members are required to personally guarantee that their incoming immigrant family member will not become dependent on government aid. Notwithstanding the extent to which immigrants becoming burdens on U.S. society is an actual problem, the [...]