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9Chicago Tribune Section 1 Tuesday, January 28, 2020 WASHINGTON A di- vided Supreme Court on Mondayallowed theTrump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resi- dent status for immigrants whouse caid andhousing vouchers. Under the new policy, immigration officials can deny green cards to legal immigrantsover theiruseof public benefits. The order came by a 5-4 vote and reversed a ruling from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York that had kept in place a nationwide hold on the policy following law- suits against it. The four liberal justices Stephen Breyer, KaganandSoniaSotomayor voted to prevent the policy from taking effect.

Federal appeals courts in San Francisco and Rich- mond, Virginia, had previ- ously overturned trial court rulings against the rules. An injunction in Illinois re- mains in effect but applies only to that state. The lawsuits will contin- ue, but immigrants applying for permanent residency must now show they be public charges, or burdens to the country. The new policy signifi- cantly expandswhat factors would be considered to make that determination, and if it is decided that immigrants could poten- tially become public charges later, that legal resi- dency could be denied. Under the old rules, people who used non-cash ben- efits, including food stamps and Medicaid, were not considered public charges.

is the latest attack in the Trump war on said Stephen Yale-Loehr, an im- migration expert at Cornell law school. makes it harder forworking class people to immigrate to or stay in the United States. This rule is another brick in the invisible wall this ad- ministration is building to curb legal Roughly 544,000 people apply for green cards annu- ally. According to the gov- ernment, 382,000 are in categories that would make them subject to the new review. Immigrants make up a small portion of those get- ting public benefits, since many are ineligible to re- ceive them because of their immigration status.

Ken Cuccinelli, the act- ing deputy secretary of Homeland Security, praised the high order. is very clear that the U.S. Supreme Court is fed up with these national injunc- tions by judges who are trying to imposetheirpolicy preferences instead of en- forcing the Cuccinelli said. High court permits green card policy ByMark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump saidMonday thatwhile the Palestinians have already rejected his proposedMid- east peace deal, he expects they ultimately will agree to the blueprint the White House plans to announce following meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief challenger Benny Gantz. The meetings come just a month before Netanyahu andGantzare set to faceoff innational elections for the third time in less than a year and amid skepticism over whether the plan has any chance for success.

Palestinians beenconsultedabout itand have rejected any proposal from a White House it considers biased toward Israel. But Trump said he ex- pects that while the Pal- estinians will say no to the expected topubli- cly release Tuesday, they will quietly be negotiating. something they should Trump said in the Oval Office with Netanyahu. prob- it initially. I think in the end theywill.

I think in the end going to want it. very good for Trump called the pro- posal a great but discuss fur- ther details, noting that its release has long been de- layedbecause of theuncer- tain political situation in Israel. The proposal is ex- pected to be very favorable to Israel, and Netanyahu has hailed it as a chance to and define final borders. Palestinian Prime Min- isterMohammad Shtayyeh denounced the still-un- published proposal again Monday in Ramallah, say- ing it constitute a basis for resolving the con- He said the plan violates international law and from a party that has lost its credibility to be an honest broker in a seri- ous and genuine political Trump to unveil new Israeli-Palestinian plan By Aron Heller and Deb Riechmann Associated Press President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Monday to review a peace proposal. SAUL gle paper copy in a nonde- script envelope arrived at the White House on Dec.

30. Four weeks later, news of John book manuscript about his time as President Donald national security adviser has exploded into public view, sending a jolt through the im- peachment trial. The book contains an account of an August con- versation in which Bolton saysTrumptoldhimthathe wanted to withhold hun- dreds of millions of dollars insecurityaid fromUkraine until it helped him with investigations into political rival JoeBiden. a dramatic eyewit- ness rebuttal to claims by Trump and his legal team that the president hold up the aid for political reasons. The account gave Democratsnewfuel in their pursuit of sworn testimony from Bolton and other wit- nesses, a question expected to be taken up later this week by theRepublican-led Senate.

Bolton has already told lawmakers thathe iswilling to testify, despite the presi- order barring aides from cooperating in the probe. Within hours of the first report, a pre-order linkwas posted for Room Where It Happened: A The homage to the song from the smash Broadway hit is styled cheek- ily inside an oval on the image of the book cover released late Sunday. account was confirmed to The Associ- ated Press by a person familiar with the manu- script on the condition of anonymity to discuss the book. It was first reported byTheNewYorkTimes. White House aides have harbored concerns for months about what Bolton might reveal in the book, believing that the former adviser harbored a grudge over policy and personal differences with the presi- dent not least about how he left the administration.

Trump insists he Bolton, while the former aide hasmaintained that he quit. acrimonious departure from the White House came a day before Trump ultimately released the Ukraine aid on Sept. 11. Since leaving his post, he has avoided publicly com- menting on his time in the administration, instead qui- etly writing the 528-page book, which is set to be published onMarch 17. Despite its delivery to the National Security Council last month for pre-publica- tion review, the con- tents were kept to a rela- tively small circle in the White House that did not include members of the communications staff, offi- cials said.

Such a review is standard for the works of formerofficialswith securi- ty clearances. National Security Coun- cil spokesman John Ullyot said Monday that White House personnel outside NSC have reviewed Still, officials said the White House of- fice was briefed on some of the substantive claims. TheWhite House would not say whether Trump, who last week offered re- porters his most expansive explanation for why he to testify before the Senate, had been briefed. problem with John is a national security Trump told re- porters in Davos, Switzer- land, on Wednesday. knows some of my thoughts.

He knows what I think about leaders. What happens if he revealswhat I think about a certain leader, and not very positive and then I have to deal on behalf of the He added: going to be very hard. going to make the job very Until Sunday, the publisher, Simon Schus- ter, even confirm the existence of the book, for which The AP first reported that Bolton re- advance. Thanks to pre-orders, the bookwas alreadyNo. 55 on the Amazon.com best- seller list as of midday Monday.

Trump called claims Monday, while acknowledging that he had yet to see themanu- script. Further, the presi- dent andhis allies seized on the timingof therevelations about thebooktoallege that Boltonwas seeking to boost his book sales. reallypretty remark- able that the leak to the NYTimes about the alleged contents of John book coincided precisely with the pre-order page going live on tweeted Trump campaign communications director TimMurtaugh. almost as if it were intended to boost think the timing of all of this is very, very White House press secre- tary Stephanie Grisham told Fox News, noting it came a day after the Trump team delivered legal argu- ments before the Senate on Saturday. In a joint statement, Si- Bolton and his literary agency Javelin rejected the White House claims.

News of Bolton book jolts impeachment trial White House notes timing, pre-order efforts By ZekeMiller Associated Press Former national security adviser John Bolton has told lawmakers he is willing to testify at the impeachment trial. WIN 2019 declared anew that no wit- ness has testified to direct knowledge that delivery of aid was contin- gent on investigations into Democrats, though Bolton appeared poised to say ex- actly that if called on by the Senate to appear. deal with transcript pub- licly available attorney Jay Sekulow said. lation, allegations that are not based on evidentiary standards at Trump is charged with abusinghis power by asking leader to help investigate Biden at the same time the president was ordering that millions of dollars in aid bewithheld and then obstructing Congress in its probe. legal team on Monday, including high- profile attorneys Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz, launched a wide-ranging historical, legal andpolitical attack on the entire im- peachment process.

They said there was no basis to remove him from office, defended his actions as ap- propriate and assailed Bid- en, who is campaigning for theDemocratic nomination to oppose Trump in No- vember. Former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi focused particular attention on Bid- en andhis served on the board of a Ukraine gas company at the same time his father was leading theObamaadminis- diplomatic deal- ingswithKyiv. The lawyers also de- fended the actions of Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer whose ef- forts pressing for the Biden investigation helped lead to the firing of the American ambassador toUkraine. Starr, whose independ- ent counsel investigation into President Bill Clinton resulted in his impeach- ment before he was acquit- ted by the Senate, be- moaned what he said was an of filledwith acrimony, and it divides the country like nothing Starr said of impeachment. of us who lived through the Clinton impeachment understand that in a deep Dershowitz the final speaker of the evening argued that impeachableof- fenses require criminal-like conduct, a view largely dis- missed by legal scholars.He said that even if allegations were true, the president still would not have committed an im- peachable offense.

non-criminal conduct, including abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, are outside the range of impeachable of- said. Even as defense lawyers laid out their case as planned, it was clear that book had scram- bled the debate over whether to seekwitnesses. Bolton writes that Trump told him he wanted to withhold security aid fromUkraineuntil it helped himwith investigations into Biden. legal team has repeatedly insisted other- wise. The president also tweeted onMonday that he never told Bolton such a thing.

Republican senators face a pivotalmoment, andpres- sure ismounting for at least four to buck GOP leaders and form a bipartisan ma- jority to force the issue. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority. relevance to our decision has become increasingly GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, of Utah, told reporters. Sen.

Susan Collins, of Maine, said she has always wanted opportunity for and the re- port about book the At a private GOP lunch, Romney made the case for calling Bolton, according to a person unauthorized to discuss the meeting and granted anonymity. Other Republicans, in- cluding Sen. Pat Toomey, of Pennsylvania, said if formernational se- curity adviser is called, they will demand reciprocity to hear from at least one of theirwitnesses. Senate Majority Leader Mitch mes- sage at the lunch, said Indi- ana GOP Sen. Mike Braun, was, a deep breath, and take one step at a Once the team wraps its arguments no later thanTuesday, sena- tors have 16 hours for ques- tions to both sides.

By late in the week, they are expected to hold a vote on whether to hear from anywitnesses. Trump Continued from Page 1 Ken Starr, an attorney for President Donald Trump, bemoaned on Monday what he said was an of SENATE TELEVISION.