The Trump administration reinstated a public charge rule as part of the new policy on Monday allowing US Citizenship and Immigration Services to refuse green cards to applicable immigrants who rely on safety net programs including Medicaid, food stamps or housing aid. New York City advocates for immigrants alerted that the rule would hit vulnerable communities. The policy takes effect on September 18, reinstating partial discretion for officials to assess benefit use history individually. This overwrites the 2022 rule that was in place under which such use did not influence green card applications.