Biden administration proposes eliminating hurdles for immigrants using public benefits and seeking legal status

The Biden administration plans to roll out a new rule eliminating potential hurdles for immigrants depending on public benefits and trying to obtain legal status, according to a newly proposed regulation.

The proposed change brings the so-called “public charge” rule back to the forefront.

The Trump administration had modified the decades-old regulation in a way that could reshape the legal immigrant population in the United States by making it more difficult for individuals to obtain status.

The Biden administration is changing course by considering what public benefits would indicate that an individual is...