Menchaca to host town hall in Sunset Park regarding public charge rule
With fear and uncertainty about their legal status haunting many Sunset Park residents in the era of Trump, one local pol will be hosting a series of town halls — one in every borough — whose goal is to simplify a very complex subject, the revised public charge rule currently under review.
The elected official behind the effort is Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, who is chair of the Committee on Immigration. The Brooklyn town hall will take place on Tues., Nov. 27 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 526 59th Street at 6:30 p.m.
The forum will focus on a new rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for how the government assesses who counts as a “public charge” when issuing green cards and certain visa applications. The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs estimates that as many as 475,000 New Yorkers could be affected by the new immigration policy.