The Trump administration brought back a public charge rule as part of the new policy on Monday enabling US Citizenship and Immigration Services to reject green cards to qualified immigrants using safety net programs including Medicaid, food stamps or housing aid. New York City advocates for immigrants alerted that the rule would target vulnerable communities. The policy comes effect on September 18, restoring partial discretion for officials to evaluate benefit use patterns individually. This overwrites the 2022 rule which was adopted under which such use did not influence green card applications.