The original article [0] notes other potential disqualifying conditions include ever having received welfare in their own country, cancer, and advanced age. The

The original article [0] notes other potential disqualifying conditions include ever having received welfare in their own country, cancer, and advanced age. The stated purpose is to prevent the visitor from being a "public charge", where the visitor becomes dependent on the US government for subsistence, long-term institutionalization, etc. Public charge grounds for exclusion are not new, but the precise criteria used have changed in varying Presidential administrations. [0] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-state-department-orders-global-visa-crackdown-under-revived-public-charge-rule https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-state-department-orde...