Rep. Torres pens letter to VP citing concerns over 'public charge' rule effect on coronavirus outbreak

The Hill ^ | 02 28 2020 | J. Edward Moreno

[yesthatjallen]

Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) penned a letter to Vice President Pence asking him to “reconsider the implementation” of the “public charge” rule in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

The rule, which critics call a “wealth test” for immigrants, was contested in U.S. district courts since it was introduced in August until the Supreme Court ruled in the administration’s favor last Friday. The new provision could deem an immigrant ineligible for permanent status or citizenship if they have a history of using public assistance, such as Medicaid.

On Wednesday, President Trump made a rare appearance in the White House briefing room, where he announced that Pence would lead the coronavirus task force and sought to mitigate assertions from Democrats claiming the response from the administration was inadequate thus far.

Torres delivered the letter to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf during an unclassified, bipartisan all-member congressional briefing on the coronavirus Friday morning.

Torres said immigrants who hesitate to use government-issued disease prevention resources pose a risk not only to themselves, but those around them.

SNIP

[yesthatjallen]

“The ‘public charge’ rule is a deterrent for symptomatic individuals to seek medical testing and treatment,” Torres wrote. “Individuals infected with coronavirus who are left untested and untreated will be contagious agents of the disease in our communities, potentially furthering the spread of coronavirus in the United States.”

More 'we need to bring people out of the shadows'.

[KC_Conspirator]

Still waiting for dims to be concerned about actual American citizens.

[Pollster1]

Torres said immigrants who hesitate to use government-issued disease prevention resources pose a risk not only to themselves, but those around them.

Law-abiding Americans have said for decades that illegals present a risk to decent Americans. It's about time that the globalist left started to recognize that fact, even if they misinterpret it.

[RasterMaster]

Wouldn’t Natzi Pelosi’s district be a contributing factor in the spread of the virus in California?

https://fortune.com/2020/02/20/coronavirus-fecal-transmission/

[ronnie raygun]

Reconsider this, no

[KC_Lion]

Americans have Dreams too.

[eyeamok]

Torres said immigrants who hesitate to use government-issued disease prevention resources pose a risk not only to themselves, but those around them.

Mr President, she makes some pretty good arguments for Massive Roundups and Deportation of Illegal Aliens, maybe you should take her advise and start DEPORTING THEM to Protect American Citizens.

[Morpheus2009]

You know, how about this politician recommend what my grandmother, great grandmother, and their siblings got for crossing the ocean to the United States in 1952.

A quarantine.

[pepsi_junkie]

Maybe they ought to self quarantine in the shadows.

[T Ruth]

Torres said immigrants who hesitate to use government-issued disease prevention

No reason for immigrants to hesitate . . .

She was probably intending to refer to "scofflaw aliens."

[hadaclueonce]

MSM loves them some whining Democrats.

[sauropod]

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