Comments on Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds

We strongly oppose any future policy and interpretive tools that expand the longstanding definition of public charge and urge DHS to withdraw the proposed rule and to keep the 2022 Final Rule in place.

Published Jan 5, 2026

To whom it may concern: The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) urges you to withdraw the proposed regulation related to inadmissibility on public charge grounds.

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