A panel of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit pushed back Tuesday on the Trump administration’s efforts to set aside a nationwide injunction against its proposed public charge rule, which would make it easier for the federal government to deny legal status to immigrants who may be eligible for public benefits.

Judges from the Manhattan-based appeals court pressed Justice Department attorney Daniel Tenny on the administration’s claims that it would suffer irreparable harm unless the order was lifted. So far, two circuit courts in California and Washington have lifted similar injunctions entered by lower courts, but a federal appeals court in Illinois denied the government’s request for a stay in that state.

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