How Trump's immigration plan could migrate from doubtful to doable
The Editorial Board, USA TODAY Published 6:36 p.m. ET May 21, 2019 | Updated 6:45 p.m. ET May 21, 2019
A bigger skilled immigrant pool is good policy. But instead of sharply cutting family-sponsored immigration, scrap the 'diversity lottery': Our view
One good indication of the headwinds that President Donald Trump’s new legal immigration plan will face is that he keeps unveiling it without actually spelling out its details. Trump announced it last week, but we still don't know important facets of the proposal.
There are now nine categories of family relationships that can lead to the issuance of a visa for permanent legal residents, also known as a green card. Five are unlimited and are for the immediate kin of U.S. citizens (spouses, unmarried children under 21, parents and two categories of adoptees). Four categories have limits and are composed of more distant relatives of citizens and relatives of current green card holders. Just which of these categories would be eliminated or be subject to new limits has not been spelled out.
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