Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule to Take Effect

Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule to Take Effect
The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington on May 7, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
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The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to lift a nationwide block that prevents a rule governing the admission of new immigrants into the United States from taking effect.

In an emergency request (pdf) to the top court, the Justice Department asked the justices on Monday to stay a pair of injunctions issued by a New York district court that blocks the “public charge” rule from being implemented while the cases are played out in court.