San Francisco and Santa Clara counties in California filed a joint motion seeking to temporarily halt the Trump administration's "public charge" rule while legal challenges to the rule are decided by the courts, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The motion for a preliminary injunction comes after the two counties filed a lawsuit earlier this month alleging the rule could negatively affect public health. The Trump administration faces four additional lawsuits over the rule, which is slated to go into effect Oct. 15.
The public charge rule will prohibit immigrants from obtaining green cards if they have used 12 months or more of certain social services in a 36-month period. Months are counted in aggregate, so if a person used food stamps and Medicaid for one month, it counts as two. The rule also gives the federal government the latitude to bar anyone "likely to become public charges," according to a White House press release.
Read the full San Francisco Chronicle story here.
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