Explained: Who’s impacted by Trump’s modified immigration regulations?

Immigrants should be able to support themselves without using public resources to meet their needs, and rely on their own potential or have a person in the United States who can assure that the individual will not need public support, and thereby not be a burden on the taxpayer.

donald trump, trump immigration rules, Trump's modified immigration regulations, trump immigration, trump new rule, us immigration regulations, world stories — Legal immigrants can stay in the United States as long as they are “self-sufficient”. (AP/File)

The administration of President Donald Trump has proposed to modify the inadmissibility criteria of its immigration regulations, which are likely to impact over a million green card and visa applicants. Essentially, the new regulations under the “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds” will make it more difficult for applicants to change their status of application or seek permanent residency. It is likely to be effective from October this year.