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USCIS recently announced that the Form I-944, Declaration of Self-Sufficiency and any information and documentation required as part of the form are no longer required in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision not to review the 7th Circuit case of
Cook County, Illinois and Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights v. Wolf. This led to the dismissal of the case on March 9th and ultimately USCIS’ rescission of the previously required I-944 form.
Note that several USCIS forms, including the I-129 and I-485 forms still have language on the form that was changed due to the Public Charge requirement so USCIS has indicated that in the meantime no applications will be rejected for leaving these sections blank.
Ending a signature Trump era policy, the Supreme Court March 9 dismissed the Department of Homeland Security v. New York case, which challenged the public charge rule that effectively imposed a wealth tax on immigrants seeking to obtain permanent legal status in the U.S.
A 1999 policy will now go back into effect, making it safe for immigrant families to get health, nutrition, and housing aid.
The Court made its decision shortly after DHS issued a statement asking that the rule be revoked. DHS had been charged with defending a case left over from the Trump era, in which several immigration aid organizations had sued the federal government to rescind the rule.
11 States File Motion to Revive Fight for Trump’s ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule
Eleven states filed a motion challenging the White House’s move to rescind a Trump-era policy that seeks to ensure that immigrants can financially support themselves in order to become American citizens or obtain permanent residency.
The motion, led by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, is part of a lawsuit that his office filed on Feb. 3 against a recent immigration policy issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that halts most deportations for 100 days.
But the new motion filed in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals pertains to the “Public Charge Rule” after the Biden administration abandoned the defense of the law in the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to a request by President Joe Biden's administration to dismiss an upcoming case challenging a public-charge rule that requires prospective immigrants to be able to support themselves financially.
The Trump administration's "public charge" rule gave U.S. officials more power to deny green card applications from low-income immigrants.