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Administration Issues New Visa Requirement; Courts Enjoin Enforcement of Public Charge Rule

By Eleanor Pelta , A. James Vázquez-Azpiri , Eric S. Bord , Shannon A. Donnelly , and Jamie Cheung
// October 22, 2019

Our global employment and immigration team recently issued alerts on decisions that affect the healthcare industry. The team discussed a new presidential proclamation that effectively makes foreign nationals inadmissible to the United States unless they have “approved” health insurance coverage, and noted that a trio of district courts have halted federal enforcement of the public charge rule. The team had previously summarized the public charge rule, which will not take effect so long as the district court lawsuits are pending.

Read New DHS ‘Public Charge’ Rule Could Have Employment-Based Implications >

Read USCIS to Implement New Public Charge Rule; White House Introduces Health Insurance Requirement for Immigrant Visa Applicants >

Read Federal Courts Halt New Public Charge Rule >

Tags: Employees, Employers, Foreign Nationals, Healthcare System, Immigration, Public Charge
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Eleanor Pelta, A. James Vázquez-Azpiri, Eric S. Bord, Shannon A. Donnelly, Jamie Cheung

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