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US appeals court: New policy on immigrants already does harm

by Associated Press
| August 4, 2020 10:27 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge correctly struck down a new Department of Homeland Security rule that went into effect earlier this year denying green cards to legal immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps and other forms of public assistance, an appeals court said Tuesday.

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