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美国联邦政府12日发布限制合法移民新规定，提高移民在美长期合法居留经济门槛，凡被发现可能成为“公共负担”的外国公民或被禁止进入美国或调整移民身份。这项规定将于今年10月15日生效。 US President Donald Trump's administration is to make it more difficult for poorer legal migrants to extend their visas or gain permanent resident status (a green card). 美国政府将加大贫困合法移民申请续签签证或获得永久居民身份（绿卡）的难度。 The rule targets migrants who rely on public benefits, such as food aid or public housing, for more than a year. 这项规定针对的是那些依赖食品券和公共住房等公共福利生活超过一年的移民。 Their applications will be rejected if the government decides they are likely to rely on public assistance in future. 如果政府认为他们未来可能依赖公共援助，其申请将被拒绝。 The rule change would reinforce "ideals of self-sufficiency," officials said. 有官员表示，这一规则的改变将强化“自给自足的理念”。 self-sufficiency['selfsə'fiʃənsi]：n.自给自足 Anyone who relies on one or more publicly funded social safety net benefits, such as Medicaid or food stamps, is known as a “public charge.” 任何依赖一项或多项公共社会保障福利（如医疗补助计划或食品券）的人都被视为“公共负担”。 | 
