Overturns the 2022 DHS public charge rule and restores the 2019 rule it replaced

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This joint resolution would use the Congressional Review Act, a law that lets Congress overturn federal agency rules, to cancel a Department of Homeland Security rule issued in September 2022 on the public charge test in immigration law.^2,3 The public charge test lets officials deny a noncitizen entry to the United States or lawful permanent residence (a green card) if the person is judged likely to receive certain public benefits.³ The 2022 rule had replaced a 2019 rule that made such denials more likely, and the resolution would put the 2019 rule back into effect.³

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