More than 20 states are suing the Trump administration over a new Department of Homeland Security rule that expands how immigration officers decide whether a visa or green card applicant might become a 'public charge'.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading the coalition, which includes Washington DC and was filed this week ahead of the rule's scheduled start on Friday. A separate lawsuit from a coalition of cities, led by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is challenging the same regulation. Both cases argue the policy hands immigration officers sweeping, undefined power over who gets to stay.
