Some migrants hoping to come to the US will have to post a refundable $250,000 bond
- Some would-be immigrants from the Dominican Republic now have to post bonds of up to $250,000 each under a Trump administration initiative to keep them from collecting government benefits in the U.
- The Department of State's pilot program covers Dominicans who've previously been denied visas on grounds they could become what's known as a “public charge,” The Washington Free Beacon was first to report.
- A public charge is someone who's “primarily dependent on the government for subsistence,” either by “receiving public cash assistance for income maintenance or long-term ins
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- Some would-be immigrants from the Dominican Republic now have to post bonds of up to $250,000 each under a Trump administration initiative to keep them from collecting government benefits in the U.
- The Department of State's pilot program covers Dominicans who've previously been denied visas on grounds they could become what's known as a “public charge,” The Washington Free Beacon was first to report.
- A public charge is someone who's “primarily dependent on the government for subsistence,” either by “receiving public cash assistance for income maintenance or long-term ins
Sources: The Independent