income maintenance

For years prior to the Trump administration, that was interpreted as being primarily dependent on cash assistance, income maintenance or government support for long-term institutionalization.

For example, she points to the casino dividend for the North Carolina’s Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Seattle-Denver Income Maintenance Experiment of the 1960s.

As it stands, legal immigrants looking to get their permanent residency have to show they won’t be public charges, or burdens to the country, which has meant becoming primarily dependent on cash assistance, income maintenance or government support for long-term institutionalization.

Guidelines in use since 1999 refer to a public charge as someone primarily dependent on cash assistance, income maintenance or government support for long-term institutionalization.

Guidelines in use since 1999 referred to a public charge as someone primarily dependent on cash assistance, income maintenance or government support for long-term institutionalization.