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An immigrant holds a U.S. flag during a naturalization ceremony in New York City June 30, 2017. Laura Peralta-Schulte of Network lobby said that under a new rule about self-sufficiency requirements for immigrants, people who are citizens or permanent residents in mixed-status families could drop out of public assistance programs out of fear they might harm family members' applications for legal status. (CNS/Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)