Trump directs legal migrants to return to home country to apply for green cards
The policy targets more than 500,000 annual applicants and is expected to delay cases and separate families, immigration lawyers said.
- On Friday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that most foreigners seeking green cards must return to their home countries to apply, with exemptions only for "extraordinary circumstances."
- The Trump administration defended the rule as a return to "the original intent of the law," aiming to close a "loophole" that allowed more than 820,000 people to adjust status inside the country last year.
- Immigration experts warn the policy creates a "Catch-22" for families, as about 600,000 annual applicants may face indefinite separation while navigating an already overburdened consular processing system, according to Sarah Pierce of Third Way.
- USCIS spokesperson Zach Kahler stated that individuals providing an "economic benefit" or "national interest" might remain in the U.S., though attorneys like Jessie De Haven expressed confusion about applying these vague exceptions.
- Legal challenges are widely expected to follow this announcement, which marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to restrict legal immigration pathways in the United States alongside ongoing crackdowns on illegal entry.
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Foreigners with work, tourism or study visas in the United States will have to leave the national territory to apply for permanent residence. Under this policy, the entire green card procedure will have to be managed at consulates in their countries of origin.
Trump admin says new green card enforcement likely won't apply to those who provide an 'economic benefit'
The Trump administration's recent order, which would require immigrants to return to their home country to apply for a green card, will not apply to those who provide an "economic benefit" to the US.Kevin Carter/Getty ImagesTrump's new immigration rule forces green card applicants to apply for citizenship from abroad.USCIS said exceptions may exist for immigrants providing economic benefits or national interest.The Trump administration's immigra…
US Green Card seekers must now apply from home countries
WASHINGTON, United States — The Trump administration announced on Friday that most foreigners seeking a Green Card granting permanent US residency must apply from their home countries. “From now on, an alien who is in the US temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances,” US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) spokesman Zach Kahler said in a statement. “Nonimmigrants…
The Trump administration will now demand that people seeking the “green card” leave the U.S. during the application process—a radical change that could disrupt the lives of hundreds of thousands of people seeking the...
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