The federal judge in Washington has published a nationwide block on the Trump Administration Directive, who tried to prevent children from entering the main start to the US in the US, a federally funded pre -school program.
The decision comes after the coalition of 21 democratic lawyers generally successfully stopped the implementation of policy in its own states. With this new command, this policy is effectively suspended throughout the country.
Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Human Services (HHS), said that the agency “disagrees with court decisions and evaluates further steps”.
The background of change of policy
In July, HHS suggested reinterpretation of federal rules that would unlawfully ban immigrants in the country from access to certain social services, including a start of the start and other community health programs.
These programs were available to federal law established during the administration of President Bill Clinton.
Minister of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He described a change in policy as part of the effort to discourage illegal immigration by limiting access to federal benefits.
The decision and fears of the judge
When issuing a preliminary court order of Judge Ricardo Martinez, Martinez emphasized the long -term interpretation of the eligibility rules: “The result is that parents lose children’s care, risk missed work, unemployment, forced prematureness and inability to pay expenses and support families.”
The judge noted that this policy threatened the approach to the families of services that he relied on and did not see any justification of sudden change.
Impact on head start programs
The providers of the main starts have not yet been obliged to examine the immigration status of applicants, claim that point plaintiffs could undermine confidence in the program and reduce the entry. To potential confusion, questions about the condition of which would be checked – a child, caregiver or other household member.
Ming-Qi Chu, a lawyer with the US Civil Freedom Department representing the plaintiff, said: “This happened very suddenly without a temporary plan. Policy changes threatened to abolish more than 100,000 children from Head Start programs, which historically played a big role in supporting immigration families.”
The meaning of the start of the head
The main start was founded six decades ago as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s war with poverty and serving more than half a million children with low incomes across the country. Over the years, the program has suffered from disruption, including federal freezing of the grant and temporary closure at the beginning of the second term of President Trump.
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