The New Rule That Could Keep Millions of Immigrants Out of the U.S.
It seeks to disqualify visa and green-card applicants who might rely on public benefits.
Tanvi Misra
Tanvi Misra is a staff writer for CityLab covering immigrant communities, housing, economic inequality, and culture. She also authors Navigator, a weekly newsletter for urban explorers (subscribe here). Her work also appears in The Atlantic, NPR, and BBC.
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