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Issue Briefs and Other Resources |
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INS Guidance on Public Charge: When Is It Safe to Use Public
Benefits? (Q & A pamphlet for advocates and service
providers, available from the Community Education page) |
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Links to Q's and A's and
other community education materials by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services |
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Public
Charge Monitoring Form (available for downloading as a Word file) |
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Long Comments on Proposed
Public Charge Regulations (INS
No. 1989-99, Inadmissibility and Deportability on Public Charge Grounds,
64 Fed. Reg. 28676,
May 26, 1999), National Immigration Law Center
(NILC)
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Model Comments
to Proposed Public Charge Regulations (for use by organizations that
wish to submit comments to the INS regarding the agency's proposed public
charge regulations; downloadable as a Microsoft Word file. Use your
browser's "File-->Save As" function to save a copy of this
document onto your hard drive), NILC (7/9/99). |
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Protecting Immigrants
and the Community: A New Approach to Public Charge Determinations,
Linton Joaquin and Braden Cancilla, NILC
(from Interpreter Releases, Vol. 76, No. 22) (6/7/99) (posted under "Immigration Law & Policy") |
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Questions and Answers about "Public
Charge" (5/26/99) (posted under "E-mail Benefits Updates") |
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Administration Clarifies Public Charge
Policy for Immigrants Who Use Health Care and Other Safety Net Programs
(5/25/99) (posted under "E-mail Benefits Updates") |
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Immigrants' Rights Update Articles
(back
to IRU index) |
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Analysis of final
affidavit-of-support rule and forms (8/23/06) |
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Final rule implements 1996
requirement that petitioners submit legally enforceable affidavits of
support; USCIS also issues clarifying memo (8/23/06) |
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2006 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued
(3/23/06)
(posted under
"Immigration Law & Policy") |
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2005 Federal Poverty Guidelines
Issued (2/18/05)
(posted under
"Immigration Law & Policy") |
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2004 Federal Poverty Guidelines
Issued (4/2/04) (posted under "Immigration Law & Policy") |
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2003 Federal Poverty Guidelines
Issued (4/8/03) (posted under "Immigration Law & Policy") |
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State
Dept. Issues Cable on New Affidavit of Support Law (5/30/02) (posted
under Immigration Law and Policy > Affidavits of Support) |
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State Dept.
Issues Guidance on Forty Quarters and Affidavit of Support (4/12/02)
(posted
under Immigration Law and Policy > Affidavits of Support) |
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2002 Federal
Poverty Guidelines Issued (2/28/02) (posted
under Immigration Law and Policy > Affidavits of Support) |
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NILC Initiates Public Charge Monitoring Project
(10/8/01)
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NILC
Monitoring Public Charge Issues (6/29/01) (posted
under "Immigration Law and Policy") |
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INS Issues Community
Education Flyer on Public Charge Rules (11/17/99)
(posted under "Immigration Law and Policy") |
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SSA Issues Public Charge
Guidance Regarding Use of SSI (11/17/99)
(posted under "Immigration Law and Policy") |
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In re Ulloa:
Immigration Judge Must Advise Respondent of Right to Apply for Public
Charge Waiver (6/30/99) (posted
under "Immigration Law & Policy") |
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Administration Clarifies
Public Charge Policy for Immigrants Who Use Health Care and Other Safety
Net Programs (5/25/99) (posted
under "Immigration Law & Policy") |
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