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Yes GC holders are. there is an unemployment tax deducted from your pay check. seek advise though with an immigration lawyer, it might have some bearing should you apply for citizenship given the stance the current administration has
I don’t know much about this but I have heard from someone else that claiming unemployment could potentially “hurt” you later on with visa/citizenship. Definitely would recommend seeking counsel. Best of luck OP!
Info on the public charge issue: https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/public-charge.
From my :30 skimming of it, I'm unclear as to whether unemployment insurance counts as a public charge, but either way, as long as you receive unemployment for less that 12 of the 36 months prior to your application/renewal.
Rules may have changed. But had a friend who got his citizenship 3 years back and had filed for unemployment... never came up as an issue for him.