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New York Post, Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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The arrest records of hun-

dreds of low-level Manhat-

tan pot offenders will be

sealed under a judge’s rul-

ing, officials said Monday.

Manhattan Supreme

Court Justice Carol Edmead

granted the petition follow-

ing an April class-action

lawsuit filed by District At-

torney Cyrus Vance Jr. and

three anonymous people

who are seeking to have

their records, and those of

363 others, sealed.

The offenders would nor-

mally have to submit an af-

fidavit requesting that their

files be sealed, but Vance

filed the suit because it was

difficult to contact all of the

class members.

“There’s no reason a con-

viction for smoking or pos-

sessing marijuana should

follow New Yorkers for life.

This class action...

[makes] sealing proactive,

instead of requiring people

... to navigate a complex
application process,” Vance
said. Priscilla DeGregory
and Tina Moore

A Secret Service officer

accidentally shot himself in

the finger at a hotel on Cen-

tral Park South Monday

night, sources said.

The incident took place at

The Park Lane hotel near

Sixth Avenue at about 8:

p.m., law-enforcement

sources said.

The officer was unloading

his gun inside his 45th-floor

room when the firearm ac-

cidentally discharged, the

sources said.

NYPD cops took the

agent to Bellevue Hospital

with non-life-threatening

injuries.

The Secret Service re-

leased a statement that said

off-duty “Secret Service

Uniformed Division Officer

sustained minor injuries

following an accidental dis-

charge of his weapon.”

No one else was injured

as a result of the incident,

the statement added.

The mishap occurred a

few blocks away from

Trump Tower.

Joe Marino, Larry Celona

‘Green’ screen

Feds to deny cards to immigs on aid

By MARK MOORE

and MARISA SCHULTZ

The Trump administration

unveiled a rule change on

Monday that will give federal

officials more leeway to deny

green cards to immigrants

considered likely to rely on

government aid like food

stamps, housing assistance or

Medicaid.

“We want to see people

coming to this country who

are self-sufficient,” Ken Cuc-

cinelli (inset), acting director

of Citizenship and Immigra-

tion Services, said at the

White House. “That’s a core

principle of the American

d ream. It’s deeply embedded

in our history, and particu-

larly our history related to le-

gal immigration.”

The rule will go into effect

Oct. 15 and will expand the

definition of “public charge,”

which Congress first ap-

proved in 1882 to ensure im-

migrants are self-sufficient.

The new rule will define a

“public charge” as someone

who receives one or more

benefits for more than 12

months in a 36-month period

and who needs a wide range

of public assistance, including

Medicaid, housing vouchers

or help buying food through

the Supplemental Nutrition

Assistance Program.

It updates guidelines, on

the books since 1999, that de-

fined the term as some-

one who is “primarily

dependent” on the

government and who

received cash bene-

fits, like Temporary

Assistance for Needy

Families or Supple-

mental Security Income

from Social Security.

Cuccinelli said

the

change

will affect about 400,

people a year “whose appli-

cation to become a legal per-

manent resident will include

a meaningful analysis

whether or not they are likely

to become a public charge or

not.”

Along with the benefits as-

sessment, government offi-

cials also would review an

applicant’s age, health, family

status, financial resources

and ability to communicate

in English.

“Through the public

charge rule, the

Trump administra-

tion is reinforcing

the ideals of self-

sufficiency and per-

sonal responsibility,

ensuring that immi-

grants are able to sup-

port themselves and

become success-

ful here in

Amer-

ica,” Cuccinelli said.

Throughout US history,

“Americans and legal immi-

grants have pulled them-

selves by their bootstraps to

pursue their dreams and the

opportunity of this great na-

tion,” he added.

Cuccinelli also said the rule

will have the “long-term ben-

efit ” of protecting taxpayers

by ensuring the immigrants

“don’t become public

burdens.”

President Trump is deliver-

ing on his promise to “uphold

the rule of law” and “promot-

ing our shared history and

encouraging the core values

needed to make the Ameri-

can dream a reality,” Cuc-

cinelli said.

A number of immigrant ad-

vocacy groups said they will

sue to block the new rule be-

cause it discriminates against

low-income applicants.

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Oops. Fed

shoots self

in the hand

Judge puts

lid on ‘pot’

records

the books since 1999, that de­

fined the term as some­

one who is “primarily

dependent” on the

government and who

received cash bene­

fits, like Temporary

Assistance for Needy

Families or Supple­

mental Security Income

from Social Security.

Cuccinelli said

in English.

“Through the public

charge rule, the

Trump administra­

tion is reinforcing

the ideals of self­

sufficiency and per­

sonal responsibility,

ensuring that immi­

grants are able to sup­

port themselves and

become success­

ful here in

Amer­

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

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Thomas Whiteside for Marie Claire

It’s bottoms up for Cara Delevingne

as she celebrates her birthday with a

revealing appearance in Marie Claire’s

September Obsession issue. The ac-

tress/model, who turned 27 on Mon-

day, lays herself bare for the mag,

opening up about her life on and off

screen. She discusses her first time

“really full-blown acting” as a star of

the upcoming Amazon fantasy series

“Carnival Row,” in which she plays a

fairy named Vignette Stonemoss. And

the stunner offers a glimpse into her

romance with fellow actress Ashley

Benson, 29. “We weren’t looking for

it,” she tells the mag. “It was really just

very authentic and natural.” The Ob-

session issue hits newsstands Aug. 22.