Government Benefits or Permanent Residence?

In an additional attempt to keep out immigrants from the US, the government is now targeting legal immigrants by possibly denying them green cards if they had previously received government benefits.This means that immigrants who have previously been supported financially by the government with food stamps, welfare or Medicaid may be denied a green card with the Trump administration, specifically Stephen Miller's new proposal. Though immigrants who already own green cards may not be effected, lawful permanent residents who have previously received government benefits may be subject to this new policy if they leave the country and try to come back.

The Trump administration's justification for this proposal is to ensure that legal immigrants are financially capable of taking care of themselves. They also believe that getting legal immigrants to go against their supporters will improve their GOP prospects in the 2018 midterm elections. Additionally, the administration claim that this will lift some burden off of the tax payers and protect the limited funds that the government has.

However, the opposition, such as the executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy, Olivia Garden, have claimed that this will only make immigrants, especially children, hungrier, poorer, and sicker. The proposed policy is targeting hard working immigrants who have followed the rules in the past.

Do you think it's fair to make legal immigrants choose between government benefits and a chance to become a permanent resident of the US? Is it fair to not only target the illegal immigrants in this country but also the legal immigrants who have gone through all the procedures in hopes of a better life?

Sources:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/22/poor-immigrants-green-cards-trump-836456
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/22/trump-immigrants-ineligible-visas-food-stamps/1400917002/