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Receive a presentation on the federal proposed change in the public charge rule that will allow non-cash benefits to be considered in determining whether someone is a public charge and thus prevent someone from adjusting immigration status; Receive public comments regarding the proposed rule change; Direct staff to draft and submit public comment responses consistent with opposing the proposed regulations during the 60-day public comment period, which spans from publication of the proposed rule change in the Federal Register on October 10, 2018, through December 10, 2018; and Consider adopting a resolution to declare the Board's opposition to the proposed rule change to 'public charge' determinations and express the potential harm it would cause to Solano County and its residents
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive a presentation on the federal proposed change in the public charge rule that will allow non-cash benefits to be considered in determining whether someone is a public charge and thus prevent someone from adjusting immigration status; and
2. Receive public comments regarding the proposed rule change; and
3. Direct staff to draft and submit public comment responses consistent with opposing the proposed regulations during the 60-day public comment period, which spans from publication of the proposed rule change in the Federal Register on October 10, 2018, through December 10, 2018; and
4. At the request of Supervisor Monica Brown, consider adopting a resolution opposing the proposed rule change to 'public charge' determinations and express the potential harm it would cause to Solano County and its residents.
SUMMARY:
On October 10, 2018 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published proposed changes to the 'public charge' rules in the Federal Register. "Public charge", a long-s...
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