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Groups sue to block Trump administration from denying visas to immigrants who can’t afford health care

By immigrationprof

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CBS News reports that a group of immigration advocacy groups and legal organizations yesterday filed a legal challenge to a proclamation issued by by President Trump earlier this month that would allow the U.S. government to deny visa applications of immigrants that it determines will not be able to pay for health insurance or cover medical costs in the U.S.

The organizations asked the U.S. District Court in Oregon to block the Trump administration from implementing the new policy, which is slated to take effect Sunday. According to an estimate from the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute, the new requirements could deny entry to approximately 375,000 would-be immigrants each year. 

Here is the complaint filed by American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Justice Action Center, and the Innovation Law Lab, with Sidley Austin LLP providing pro bono assistance, to halt implementation of the administration’s healthcare ban for immigrants of October 4, 2019. (Doe, et. al. v. Trump, et. al., 10/30/19).

KJ