Year In Review: The Policies That Had the Biggest Impact on Immigrants in 2020
Trump’s final year brought big changes for the US immigration system
Dec 14, 2020
President Donald Trump’s turbulent final year in office saw his administration continue its efforts to curb both lawful and unlawful immigration of all kinds. While the Trump administration has only managed to complete about 30 miles of new wall along America’s southern border, it has successfully erected a wide range of regulatory obstacles for would-be immigrants.
The barriers have proven effective, reducing legal immigration to just half of the level seen in 2016. Now, officials are rushing to cement further “paper walls†in place before Trump leaves office.
Here are the key immigration stories from the past year:
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