On Monday, President Trump made good on an earlier promise and fundamentally changed

how the country's immigration system works.

Starting in October, it's going to be a lot harder to get a green card if you're a

public charge.

In this case, that means a legal immigrant who might end up depending on the government

for assistance, stuff like food stamps.

The Trump administration is saying it's going to aggressively focus on how much money immigrants

make and what benefits they use before granting green cards.

And a lot of people understandably feel that this rule change runs counter to American

ideals.

That only taking well off immigrants is on American.

And the Trump administration isn't doing a lot to dispel that feeling.

Here's Ken Kuchennelli, who's the acting director of U.S. citizenship and immigration

services, speaking to Rachel Martin at MPR about the change on Tuesday.

Would you also agree that Emma Lazarus' words etched on the Statue of Liberty give me

your tired, your poor are also part of the American ethos?

They certainly are.

Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not

become a public charge.

It's an extremely complicated calculation.

Carolyn is one of the hosts of Vox's Weeds podcast.

What it ultimately comes down to a lot of discretion for the U.S. citizenship and immigration

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