根据美国国土安全部的数据，这项长达837页的规定适用于那些寻求通过合法途径来美国或定居美国的人，预计将影响约38.2万打算调整移民身份的人。然而，移民支持者表示，这一新规可能影响到数百万人。

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday evening that she plans to sue to block the rule.

纽约司法部长莉蒂夏·詹姆斯周一晚间宣布，她计划提起诉讼，阻止这项规定实施。

Immigrant advocates have argued that the rule goes beyond what Congress intended and would discriminate against those from poorer countries, keep families apart and prompt legal residents to forgo needed public aid, which could also impact their US citizen children.

移民维权人士辩称，该规定超出了国会的本意，是对来自较贫穷国家移民的歧视，使家庭分离，还会导致合法居民放弃必要的公共援助，或将影响其美国公民子女。

forgo [fɔː'gəʊ; fə-]：vi.放弃；停止

They also said it would penalize even hard-working immigrants who only need a small bit of temporary assistance from the government.

他们还表示，即使是辛勤工作、只需要政府提供少许临时援助的移民，也会处于不利境地。

About one in seven adults in immigrant families reported that either the person or a family member did not participate in a non-cash safety net program last year because of fear of risking his or her green card status in the future, an Urban Institute study found.

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