特朗普又成衆矢之的，新的移民政策顯然在針對窮人

In 60 days, it may be more difficult for lower-income people to immigrate to the United States.

60天以後低收入人羣更難移民美國了。

A new rule from the Trump administration changes how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interprets and implements who is ineligible for admission or for a visa or green card.

特朗普政府出臺的新規定改變了美國國土安全部對沒有資格獲得入學資格、簽證或綠卡的人的解釋和處理。

In the simplest terms, it allows government officials to vet applications based on age, health, family status, assets, resources, financial status, and education.

簡單說來，就是這一新規允許政府官員依據年齡、健康、家庭狀況、資產、資源、財務狀況和學歷來對申請進行審覈。

They may then deny green cards and visa applications to those with low incomes or little education who may have been on noncash public assistance programs like Medicaid, food stamps, and Section 8 housing vouchers because they’d be more likely to use it again in the future.

然後他們可能會拒絕那些低收入或者低學歷者的綠卡和簽證的申請，這些人可能一直在非現金政府援助項目中，如聯邦醫療、糧食券、第8節住房券，因爲他們將來更有可能會再次利用這些福利。

Existing green card holders, refugees, asylum-seekers, pregnant women, and children are said to be exempt from this rule.

據說現有的綠卡持有者、難民、尋求庇護者、孕婦和兒童不在此規定中。

When it goes into effect, about 382,000 people may be affected, according to the Department of Homeland Security, and more than 324,000 people in households with undocumented immigrants are expected to drop out of or not even enroll in public benefit programs.

美國國土安全部稱，這一規定一旦生效，約有382,000人會受到影響，超過324,000個家裏有非法移民的人預計會退出甚至不能加入公共福利項目。

A New York Times report puts the latter number as high as 26 million who would risk not taking medicine or food in fear of being deported.

一則《紐約時報》的報道認爲第二個人數會高達2600萬人，他們由於擔心被驅逐出境可能會冒險不吃藥或不吃東西。

Which is exactly the goal, according to Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the director of United States citizenship and Immigration Services, who announced the rule.

宣佈這一規定的美國公民及移民服務局局長Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II說這正是他們的目標。

“The benefit to taxpayers is a long-term benefit of seeking to ensure that our immigration system is bringing people to join us as American citizens, as legal permanent residents first, who can stand on their own two feet, who will not be reliant on the welfare system, especially in the age of the modern welfare state which is so expansive and expensive,” he said.

他說：“納稅人將獲得長期利益，我們爭取確保移民系統允許加入我們成爲美國公民的人，首先作爲合法永久居民能自力更生、不依賴福利制度，尤其是現在這個時代的現代福利制度範圍廣又費錢。”