% >>
MORE NOW
ON
IMMIGRATION
% POLICY.
% THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT
RECENTLY
% LIFTED AN
INJUNCTION AND
ALLOWED
% THE
TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION RULE
% REGARDING
IMMIGRANTS
TO
SOON
% TAKE
EFFECT.
% IT
IS A
RULE
DESIGNED
TO
% CONSTRAIN
LEGAL
IMMIGRATION BY
% REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF
PEOPLE% WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR
GREEN
CARDS
% AND OTHER
VISAS.
% IT'S
CALLED
THE
PUBLIC
CHARGE
% RULE
AND
IT
DETERMINES HOW
MANY
% PUBLIC
BENEFITS
IMMIGRANT
CAN
% USE
BEFORE
THEIR
APPLICATION
FOR
% LEGAL
STATUS IS
DENIED
.
%
FOR
MORE ON
THE
IMPLICATIONS
OF
%THIS RULE
CHANGE, WE
TURN
TO%WILLIAM PARKE
SUTHERLAND, THE
%COORDINATOR AT
THE
MADISON-BASED%KIDS
FORWARD,
PART OF
THE
%WISCONSIN
COLLABORATION
ON
%IMMIGRANTS AND
PUBLIC
BENEFITS.
%THANKS
VERY
MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.%>>
THANK
YOU SO
MUCH
FOR
HAVING
%ME.
%>> WHO
DOES
THIS
RULE
AFFECT?
%>> I
THINK
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
%THING
TO
REALIZE
IS
THAT
THE
%VAST
MAJORITY
OF
IMMIGRANTS
IT
%DOES
NOT
AFFECT.
%THE VAST
MAJORITY
OF
IMMIGRANTS
%ARE SAFE FROM
THIS
RULE.
%SO
PEOPLE
WITH
HUMANITARIAN
%VISAS,
PEOPLE WHO
ARE
REFUGEES,
%PEOPLE WHO
ARE
HERE
SORT
OF
AS A
%-- WHO
ARE
VICTIMS
OF
CRIMES
OR
%VICTIMS
OF
TRAFFICKING.
%SO
ALL
OF
THOSE
PEOPLE
ARE
SAFE
%AND ARE
NOT
IMPACTED.
%THE
OTHER
IMPORTANT
THING IS
%THAT
PEOPLE
WHO
HAVE
THEIR
GREEN
%CARDS
ALREADY, AS LONG AS
THE
Y
%DON'T
LEAVE
THE
U.S.
FOR
SIX
%MONTHS, THEY
ARE
ALSO
SAFE.
%SO
THIS
DOES
NOT
AFFECT
%CITIZENSHIP.%>> OF
THE
PEOPLE
IT
DOES
AFFECT,
%THOUGH
YOU
SAY IT
IS A SMALL
%KIND OF
SLICE, WHAT
KINDS
OF
%PUBLIC
BENEFITS FALL
UNDER
THIS
%NEW
DEFINITION?%>> YEAH.
%SO THAT
IS
ALSO
FAIRLY
NARROW.
%I
MEAN, PEOPLE
SORT
OF
THINK
%THAT
THERE'S A WHOLE
SCOPE
OF
%BENEFITS THAT IS
INCLUDED.
%AND IT'S
MEDICAID,
SO
MEDICAID
%AND
LONG-TERM
CARE,
SO
%BADGERCARE
IN
WISCONSIN
.
%THE
HOUSING
ASSISTANCE,
%FOODSHARE
OR
SNAP,
AND
THEN
CASH
%ASSISTANCE, SO
LIKE
W-2.
%THERE'S A WHOLE
BUNCH
OF
%PROGRAMS THAT ARE
NOT
IMPACTED,
%LIKE
THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT,
%MARKETPLACE CREDIT,
SO
IF
YOU
%GET
HEALTH INSURANCE
THEN,
AND
%THE
WOMEN,
INFANTS
AND
CHILDREN
%PROGRAM IS
ALSO
NOT
IMPACTED.%>>
SO
SOME
IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS
%ARE
NOT
IMPACTED,
BUT THIS IS
%CAUSING A LOT
OF
FEAR
AND
%ANXIETY AMONG
PEOPLE
I
N
THESE
%COMMUNITIES.
%FOR AN EXAMPLE OF
THAT, WE
WANT
%TO
LISTEN
TO CAROLINE GOMEZ-TOM
%FROM
THE
16TH
STREET
COMMUNITY
%HEALTH
CENTER IN
MILWAUKEE,
WHO
%DESCRIBES PEOPLE
WORRYING THAT
%THEY'LL
HAVE
TO
PAY
MONEY
BACK
%THAT
THEIR
CHILDREN HAVE
%RECEIVED.%>> YEAH.
%>>
WE'VE
ALSO
SEEN
WOMEN WHO
ARE
%PREGNANT THAT
ARE
ELIGIBLE
FOR
%THE
PRENATAL
PROGRAM,
BADGERCARE
%PROGRAM THAT IS NOT
INCLUDED
IN
%THE
PUBLIC
CHARGE
RULE
NOT
WANT
%PRENATAL
SERVICES AND
CARE
AT
%OUR
CLINIC AS WELL
OR
JUST
AT
%COMMUNITY
HEALTH
CENTERS
%GENERALLY.%>>
SO IS
THAT
SIMILAR
TO
WHAT
%YOU'RE
HEARING?
%>>
YEAH.
%AND
WE
WORK
CLOSELY
WITH
%CAROLINE
AND
WE'VE
HAD
HEARD
%
FROM
PLACES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY
%THAT, YOU
KNOW,
WOMEN
ARE
%DECLINING
PRENATAL
SERVICES OR
%ENROLLMENT FOR
WOMEN,
INFANTS
%AND CHILDREN, YOU
KNOW,
THAT
%THAT'S GOING DOWN.
%AND BOTH
OF
THOSE
THINGS
ARE
NOT
%IMPACTED
BY
THE
RULE.
%I
MEAN,
I
THINK
THAT THIS IS
%KIND
OF
YET
ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF
%THE
TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION
KIND
OF
%WRONGLY
DISCOURAGING
PEOPLE
FROM
%ACCESSING BENEFITS THAT
HELP
%THEIR
FAMILIES
MEET
BASIC
NEEDS
%AND SO
MANY
OF
THOSE
BENEFITS%AREN'T
INCLUDED AND SO
MANY
OF
%THOSE PEOPLE
ARE
EXEMPT
FROM
%THIS
PUBLIC
CHARGE
RULE.%>>
SO WHAT
IS
YOUR
ORGANIZATION
%AND
OTHERS
DOING
TO
KIND
OF
%REACH OUT
TO
IMMIGRANT
%COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
WORRIED
%ABOUT THIS?
%WE WITH
UNDERSTAND
THE
WORRY
HAS
%RIPPLED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY?%>>
YEAH.
%THE
CHILLING
EFFECT,
IT'S A
FAR
%WORSE CONSEQUENCE
THAN
WHO'S
%DIRECTLY
ACTUALLY
IMPACTED BY
%THE RULE.
%SO
THE
COLLABORATION
ON
%IMMIGRANTS AND PUBLIC
BENEFITS
%HAVE
PUT
TOGETHER
%EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND FACT
SHEETS
%ABOUT
WHO
THE
RULE
IMPACTS,
%WHO'S SAFE FROM
THE
RULE.
%WE
HAVE A WHOLE
LIST
OF
PROGRAMS
%THAT
PEOPLE CAN
SAFELY
USE.
%WE
HAVE A
FACT
SHEET
%SPECIFICALLY
ON
CHILDREN
AND
HOW
%THIS
RULE
IMPACTS
THEM
AND
IT
%IMPACTS
THEM
MUCH
LESS
THAN
%ADULTS.
%SO CHILDREN
CAN
SAFELY
USE
%MEDICAID PROGRAMS.
%SO
CHILDREN CAN
BE
ON
%BADGERCARE.%WE
ARE
REALLY
TRYING
TO
COUNTER
%THIS YEAR.
%AND
THE
BEST
WAY
TO
COUNTER
THAT
%FEAR
IS
THROUGH
ACTS.%>> ALL
RIGHT.
%WE LEAVE
IT
THERE.
%WILLIAM PARKE