State of Washington, et al v. USDHS, et al

  1. April 08, 2021

    Public Charge Revival 'Gone Faster Than TP In A Pandemic'

    A split Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied a bid by Republican attorneys general to revive the "public charge" rule, with U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke dissenting to say that the Biden administration ensured that the rule "was gone faster than toilet paper in a pandemic."

  2. March 11, 2021

    States Pick Up Public Charge Fight After Biden Drops Defense

    Eleven states have asked to defend the Trump-era immigration wealth test after the Biden administration "effectively abandoned" the rule, telling the Ninth Circuit they plan on bringing the policy up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

  3. January 21, 2021

    9th Circ. Delays Public Charge Ruling As Justices Mull Case

    The Ninth Circuit permitted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to implement the so-called public charge rule on Wednesday, saying it will delay the effective date of its ruling barring the policy while the U.S. Supreme Court considers the rule's legality.

  4. December 02, 2020

    Split 9th Circ. Narrows Block Of Trump's Public Charge Rule

    A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld preliminary injunctions that block the Trump administration's so-called public charge rule that penalizes immigrants for using public benefits, but the court narrowed a nationwide block of the rule.

  5. September 15, 2020

    'Irrelevant' Public Charge Dictionary Spat Irks 9th Circ. Judge

    A Ninth Circuit judge appointed by President Donald Trump pressed immigration advocates Tuesday on their definition of "public charge" and repeatedly questioned why they didn't cite a dictionary example calling churchgoers a "minister's charge," prompting another judge on the panel to call the issue "quite irrelevant."

  6. March 19, 2020

    DOJ Defends Enforcing 'Public Charge' Rule During COVID-19

    The Trump administration is defending its decision to implement its controversial wealth test for immigrants during a pandemic, telling the Ninth Circuit on Thursday that the policy is unlikely to spur immigrants to disenroll from federal health benefits.

  7. February 19, 2020

    Ill. County, Nonprofit Fight To Block Immigrant Wealth Test

    The Trump administration's bid to implement its wealth test for immigrants in Illinois met with blowback Wednesday when an Illinois county and nonprofit urged the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the rule from taking effect in the state.

  8. January 24, 2020

    House Joins Fight To Stop Trump Admin.'s Public Charge Rule

    The U.S. House of Representatives has joined the fight against a Trump administration policy that would penalize low-income immigrants, arguing in briefs filed in courts across the country that the immigration rule overrides Congress' intent.

  9. December 06, 2019

    9th Circ. Says Feds Likely To Win 'Public Charge' Rule Appeal

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday agreed to temporarily lift two lower court orders blocking the Trump administration from penalizing immigrants found likely to rely on public assistance, holding that the government is likely to win its appeal of those rulings.

  10. November 25, 2019

    States Urge 9th Circ. To Preserve Block On Public Charge Rule

    More than a dozen states have urged the Ninth Circuit to maintain a lower court order blocking the Trump administration from carrying out a policy to penalize immigrants found likely to need public benefits.