Sri Lanka, Nov. 19 -- The Trump administration on Monday proposed giving immigration officers authority to deny permanent residency to lawfully present immigrants who use Medicaid or other food and housing assistance programs, arguing that "government benefits should not incentivize immigration" and that immigrants should be "self-reliant."

It's a twist on the so-called public charge rule from Trump's first term, which the Biden administration stopped enforcing in 2021 and rescinded in 2022.

The proposal Monday from the Homeland Security Department's Citizenship and Immigration Services division would repeal the Biden administration's 2022 rule. But instead of reviving the public charge rule from the first Trump term, the agency pledged...