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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 the U. S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply,” Zach Kahler, a spok...

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CenterTrump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying

Arizona Mirror · Center · News report

Right / center-rightTrump’s Insane Green Card Policy Doesn’t Have to Be Legal to Work (w/ Doug Rand)

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Arizona MirrorNews report · May 25, 2:55 PM

Trump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying

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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...

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Tennessee LookoutNews report · May 25, 10:00 AM

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...

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The BulwarkNews report · May 24, 11:31 PM

Trump’s Insane Green Card Policy Doesn’t Have to Be Legal to Work (w/ Doug Rand)

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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...

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