A coalition of 19 states, led by Attorneys General Becerra and Racine, 17 cities and counties, 10 civil rights organizations, and five Maryland immigrant advocates filed a total of four briefs in support of our lawsuit with the City of Baltimore challenging the Trump State Department’s illegal, anti-immigrant “public charge” policy.
The briefs lay out the many different harms caused by this unlawful and discriminatory change to the definition of public charge, which range from rising costs for states and local governments to families refusing to seek medical or food assistance for which they are eligible out of fear that they, or a loved one, would be denied a visa under the new policy.
