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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump administration: people on public assistance would be ineligible for citizenship

    A new Trump administration rule says legal immigrants must forgo all public programs like food stamps and Medicaid if they want to become U.S. citizens. Alternately, they could keep using those public aid programs and never be granted citizenship.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 13, 2019 • 1 min read

    A new Trump administration rule says legal immigrants must forgo all public programs like food stamps and Medicaid if they want to become U.S. citizens. Alternately, they could keep using those public aid programs and never be granted citizenship. The new rule is expected to have a big impact on California, where there are many recent immigrants. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says he’ll sue to block it. We look at how the rule would affect the state’s immigrant community.

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    3. 18:33'Fleishman is in Trouble:' a novel about marriage, divorce, and gender equality
    4. 34:49Comedian Adam Conover ruins what you think you know
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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    New Trump rule: people using public assistance can't become citizens
    1. 0:00Trump administration: people on public assistance would be ineligible for citizenshipYou’re reading this
    2. 10:40Criticism to new bill that says California high school students must take ethnic studies class to graduate
    3. 18:33'Fleishman is in Trouble:' a novel about marriage, divorce, and gender equality
    4. 34:49Comedian Adam Conover ruins what you think you know
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