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The Trump administration just issued its xenophobic policy called "public charge." Under this policy, the federal government would be able to decide granting of green cards based on the public assistance immigrants receive along with other factors, like health, family size, education, and English language proficiency. In other words, documented immigrants must choose between basic services, like health care and food stamps, or keeping their family together in the US.

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This proposal is anti-immigrant, anti-family, and anti-worker. Read our fact sheet to learn more. 
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​Find even more resources at www.OneNationAAPI.com, including in-language fact sheets!
  • ​An Overview of Public Charge from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center
  • Talking Points to speak to communities from Protecting Immigrant Families. Two messages to stress are "You are not alone, there is time to fight back" and "the policy on public charge has not yet changed."​
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Founded in 1992, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) workers, most of whom are union members and our allies, building power for AAPI workers and communities.
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