俄勒冈州的一名联邦法官周六暂时搁置唐纳德·特朗普总统的规定，该规定要求移民在获得签证前证明他们有医疗保险或支付医疗账单的能力。
美国地方法官迈克尔·西蒙发布了一项临时限制令，将阻止特朗普政府定于周日生效的规则。
美联社称，七名美国公民和一个非营利组织周三提起诉讼，他们都声称这项规定将阻止大约三分之二的潜在合法移民据报告的。该诉讼进一步指出，特朗普规则可能会消除或减少持有家庭担保签证的移民数量。
代表原告进行辩论的司法行动中心的高级诉讼律师埃丝特·宋(Esther Sung)表示，政府的规定也将把移民家庭分开。
“我们非常感激法院认识到有必要立即阻止医疗保健禁令，”宋在周六波特兰的听证会上说。"如果禁令不停止，从今晚开始，这项禁令将使家庭分离，并削减三分之二的绿卡移民。"
唐纳德·特朗普总统在10月份签署了这项规定的公告，该规定适用于已经在国外寻求签证的人，而不是已经在国内的人。该规则不适用于难民、儿童、寻求庇护者或已经是合法永久居民的人。
公告还说，除非移民能证明他们在入境后30天内有健康保险——或者有支付医疗费用的经济福利——否则他们将被禁止进入美国。
根据规定，如果移民受到《平价医疗法案》的补贴，他们就不能获得签证，因为补贴是由联邦政府支付的。医疗补助也不算。
该规则规定保险必须单独购买或由雇主提供。保险可能是短期的，也可能是灾难性的。
该公告签署时，白宫表示，这是因为非公民从“慷慨的医疗计划”中获得了如此多的好处，同时也是“无偿医疗费用”的问题
该规则背后的其他因素是特朗普承诺通过择优录取制度来限制移民的大量涌入。
移民政策研究所称，2017年，57%的美国移民拥有私人健康保险，这一比例不低于拥有私人保险的69%的美国出生公民。该机构还表示，自2013年至2017年实施反腐败法案(又称奥巴马医改)后，非法移民的未保险率大幅下降。
美国移民律师协会联邦诉讼主任杰西·布里斯说，联邦法官周六的裁决防止了“不可挽回的伤害”
“全国数不清的数千人今天可以松一口气，因为法院认识到了可能会造成的紧急和不可挽回的伤害，”布里斯说。
2019年9月10日，一名美国边境巡逻员清点了一名厄瓜多尔移民从墨西哥越过格兰德河(Rio Grande)后带来的现金。
FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP'S HEALTH INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR IMMIGRANTS SEEKING VISAS
Afederal judge in Oregon on Saturday placed a temporary hold on President Donald Trump's rule that would require immigrants to prove they have health insurance, or the ability to pay medical bills, before they can attain visas.
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon issued a temporary restraining order that will prevent the Trump administration's rule, which was set to take effect Sunday.
A lawsuit was filed Wednesday by seven American citizens and a nonprofit group who all contended the rule would prevent about two-thirds of prospective legal immigrants, the Associated Press reported. The lawsuit furthermore states the Trump rule could potentially eliminate or reduce the amount of immigrants with family-sponsored visas.
Esther Sung, a senior litigator for the Justice Action Center who argued on behalf of the plaintiffs, said the administration's rule would also separate immigrant families.
"We're very grateful that the court recognized the need to block the health care ban immediately," Sung said at Saturday's hearing in Portland. "The ban would separate families and cut two-thirds of green-card-based immigration starting tonight, were the ban not stopped."
President Donald Trump signed the proclamation in October for the rule that pertains to people who are already abroad and seeking visas, and not those who are already in the country. The rule does not apply to refugees, children, asylum seekers or those who are lawful permanent residents already.
The proclamation goes on to say that immigrants seeking would be prohibited from entering the United States unless they can show they would have health insurance—or have the financial well-being to cover medical costs—within 30 days of entering the country.
Under the rule, an immigrant cannot get a visa if they are covered by subsidies from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as those are paid for by the federal government. Medicaid does not count either.
The rule states that insurance must be purchased individually or provided by an employer. The insurance can be either short-term or catastrophic as well.
When the proclamation was signed, the White House said it was because non-citizens reaped so many benefits of "generous health programs" while being a problem of "uncompensated health care costs."
Other factors behind the rule was Trump's promise to limit the great influx of immigrants by using a merit-based system.
The Migration Policy Institute, states that 57 percent of U.S. immigrants had private health insurance in 2017, not far beneath the 69 percent of U.S.-born citizens who had private insurance. The institute also said the uninsured rate of illegal immigrants dropped sharply after the implementation of ACA—aka Obamacare— from 2013-17.
Jesse Bless, the director of federal litigation for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said the federal judge's ruling Saturday prevented "irreparable harm."
"Countless thousands across the country can breathe a sigh of relief today because the court recognized the urgent and irreparable harm that would have been inflicted," Bless said.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent counts cash dollars brought by an Ecuadorian immigrant after she and her daughter crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico on September 10, 2019 near Los Ebanos, Texas.
