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Trump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying
The policy ends a decades-old process which allows immigrants to apply from within the US.
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What happenedTrump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftNew Immigration Rule Could Force Green Card Applicants to Leave US
Truthout · Left · News report
CenterTrump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying
Minnesota Reformer · Center · News report
Right / center-rightTrump’s Insane Green Card Policy Doesn’t Have to Be Legal to Work (w/ Doug Rand)
Confusion and Worry After Trump Administration’s Abrupt Green Card Changes
Immigrants and their advocates and lawyers are trying to interpret a new Trump administration rule that requires people to be in their native country to apply for a green card.
Trump’s Insane Green Card Policy Doesn’t Have to Be Legal to Work (w/ Doug Rand)
trumpsinsanepolicydoesntlegal
Catherine Rampell welcomes former DHS official Doug Rand to take on Trump’s purposely chaotic new green card policy, why legal immigrants and Silicon Valley are panicking, and how the admin...
Trump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying
Immigrants seeking green cards will have to return first to their home countries and wait despite years of potential backlogs, the Trump administration announced Friday. “An alien who is in...