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NEW DELHI: With the Donald Trump administration increasingly looking to clamp down on illegal immigration and remove legal paths to reside and work in the country, a look at the key immigration programmes in the US.
GREEN CARD PROGRAMMES ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
The US has four main permanent residency programmes
REFUGEE ADMISSIONS
Refugee admissions fell drastically in 2018 from 53,716 in 2017 and 84,995 in 2016 after an admission cap. For 2019, the cap has been set at 30,000, the lowest since the programme was created in 1980.
FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION
The program allows someone to receive a green card if they already have a spouse, child, sibling or parent living in the country with US citizenship or, in some cases, a green card.
EMPLOYMENT-BASED GREEN CARDS
Trump’s proposed pointsbased system would increase the number of green cards granted for certain skills. The new system would eliminate green cards for immigrants investing in US enterprises.
DIVERSITY VISAS
The lottery programme allots 50,000 green cards each year to people from nations underrepresented in the immigrant population. Trump has said he wants to eliminate the programme. Citizens of countries with the most arrivals — Mexico, Canada, China and India — are not eligible.
EMPLOYMENT VISAS TOUGHER TO CRACK NOW
The H-1B programme awards high-skilled foreign workers with visas. It’s the US’ biggest temporary employment visa programme, accounting for about a quarter of all temporary employment visas issued in 2017. The denial rate of H-1B visa applications increased in 2019 under the Trump administration. More H-1B visas went to immigrants with a US master’s degree or higher.
COURT CASES KEEP VULNERABLE MIGRANTS IN LIMBO
Some migrants, fleeing war or other crises, have received temporary permission to stay in the US. But Trump opposes these programmes and his attempts to dismantle are currently being challenged in court.
TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
About 3,20,000 immigrants from 10 nations can live and work in the US under TPS because of war or natural disasters in their home countries.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals gave temporary work permits and protection from deportation to 7,00,000 unauthorised migrants.
Source: Pew Research Cente
GREEN CARD PROGRAMMES ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
The US has four main permanent residency programmes
REFUGEE ADMISSIONS
Refugee admissions fell drastically in 2018 from 53,716 in 2017 and 84,995 in 2016 after an admission cap. For 2019, the cap has been set at 30,000, the lowest since the programme was created in 1980.
FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION
The program allows someone to receive a green card if they already have a spouse, child, sibling or parent living in the country with US citizenship or, in some cases, a green card.
EMPLOYMENT-BASED GREEN CARDS
Trump’s proposed pointsbased system would increase the number of green cards granted for certain skills. The new system would eliminate green cards for immigrants investing in US enterprises.
DIVERSITY VISAS
The lottery programme allots 50,000 green cards each year to people from nations underrepresented in the immigrant population. Trump has said he wants to eliminate the programme. Citizens of countries with the most arrivals — Mexico, Canada, China and India — are not eligible.
EMPLOYMENT VISAS TOUGHER TO CRACK NOW
The H-1B programme awards high-skilled foreign workers with visas. It’s the US’ biggest temporary employment visa programme, accounting for about a quarter of all temporary employment visas issued in 2017. The denial rate of H-1B visa applications increased in 2019 under the Trump administration. More H-1B visas went to immigrants with a US master’s degree or higher.
COURT CASES KEEP VULNERABLE MIGRANTS IN LIMBO
Some migrants, fleeing war or other crises, have received temporary permission to stay in the US. But Trump opposes these programmes and his attempts to dismantle are currently being challenged in court.
TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
About 3,20,000 immigrants from 10 nations can live and work in the US under TPS because of war or natural disasters in their home countries.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals gave temporary work permits and protection from deportation to 7,00,000 unauthorised migrants.
Source: Pew Research Cente
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