US judge blocks Trump's health insurance rule for immigrants

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The Trump administration rule would require immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.
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Associated Press and 9 News
Article date: 
2 November 2019
Article category: 
National News
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immigration
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​A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas.

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the rule from going into effect Sunday ...

Seven U.S. citizens and a nonprofit organization filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday contending the rule would block nearly two-thirds of all prospective legal immigrants.

The lawsuit also said the rule would greatly reduce or eliminate the number of immigrants who enter the United States with family sponsored visas ...

 
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