The Trump administration revived a public charge rule as part of the new policy on Monday allowing US Citizenship and Immigration Services to reject green cards to applicable immigrants who access safety net programs including Medicaid, food stamps or housing aid. New York City advocates for immigrants alerted that the rule would affect vulnerable communities. The policy comes effect on September 18, bringing back partial discretion that gives officials to review benefit use history individually. This overwrites the 2022 rule which was adopted under which such use did not influence green card applications.