Victory! Judge blocks "public charge" immigration rule On Friday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule, which was scheduled to go into effect tomorrow, October 15, 2019. The rule would have radically transformed the test for determining whether someone might become a “public charge” and imposed an unprecedented wealth test on noncitizens seeking family-based adjustment of status. Friday's order issuing a preliminary injunction — the first to be granted nationwide on this issue — blocks the regulation and related application forms from taking effect until...