Por Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

El Gobierno de Trump reactivó el lunes una controvertida norma que podría dificultar que los inmigrantes obtengan la “green card” si utilizan ciertos beneficios públicos, lo que marca el regreso de una medida que fue bloqueada en los tribunales durante el primer mandato de Trump.

La llamada norma de “carga pública” permite a los funcionarios de inmigración negar la “green card” a solicitantes que se considere que probablemente se vuelvan dependientes de la asistencia gubernamental, como los cupones de alimentos o Medicaid. La norma se introdujo por primera vez en 2019, pero fue frenada por tribunales federales y luego rescindida por el Gobierno de Biden.

En un comunicado, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional dijo que la norma busca “garantizar que los inmigrantes sean autosuficientes y no se conviertan en una carga para los contribuyentes estadounidenses”. El departamento agregó que la norma se aplicaría a la mayoría de los solicitantes de la “green card”, con excepciones para refugiados, solicitantes de asilo y ciertos otros grupos.

Defensores de los inmigrantes y legisladores demócratas condenaron rápidamente la medida, argumentando que desalentaría a los inmigrantes de buscar servicios esenciales y afectaría de manera desproporcionada a las familias de bajos ingresos. “Esta norma es cruel e innecesaria”, dijo la representante Pramila Jayapal, demócrata de Washington y presidenta de la Asamblea Partidista Progresista del Congreso. “Castiga a las personas por necesitar ayuda y socava nuestros valores como nación de inmigrantes”.

Se espera que la norma reactivada enfrente impugnaciones legales, como ocurrió durante el pasado Gobierno de Trump. En 2020, la Corte Suprema permitió que la norma entrara en vigor temporalmente, pero tribunales inferiores la bloquearon después, y la administración de Biden finalmente retiró la medida.

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional aseguró que comenzaría a implementar la norma en los próximos meses, a la espera del resultado de cualquier impugnación legal.

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LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – Investigators are turning to the public for help investigating a Friday evening burglary at an Ulta by a pair of suspects connected to similar crimes across the state.

On July 17, around 5:55 p.m., two women, shown in the images below, entered into the local beauty product store and concealed 216 items of makeup, cologne, and perfumes shared the Lompoc Police Department in a press release Monday.

Ulta's asset protection system lists the duo as potentially sisters and have linked them to multiple thefts across the state shared the Lompoc Police Department.

After concealing the items in the store, the pair left the scene with an estimated $6,575 worth of merchandise without paying noted the Lompoc Police Department.

Now, local police are turning to the public for help in their investigation. Anyone with more information, can share their information while remaining anonymous by calling 805-736-2341.

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* WHAT…Temperatures up to 90 expected.

* WHERE…Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast and Santa Barbara
County Southwestern Coast.

* WHEN…From 10 AM Wednesday to 8 PM PDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive
populations including the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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* WHAT…For the Heat Advisory, temperatures between 93 to 103
expected. For the Extreme Heat Watch, dangerously hot conditions
with temperatures between 97 and 107 possible.

* WHERE…A portion of southwest California.

* WHEN…For the Heat Advisory, from 10 AM to 8 PM PDT Wednesday.
For the Extreme Heat Watch, from Wednesday evening through Monday
evening.

* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for dangerous heat illness for
anyone, especially for the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors. There is a high risk
for heat illness for sensitive populations including the very
young, the very old, those without air conditioning, and those
active outdoors.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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