How The Trump Administration Has Changed Legal Immigration
This is part I of our series on legal immigration in the U.S.
Speaking to a roaring crowd of tens of thousands of people at a Houston rally on Sunday, President Trump vowed to prioritize American citizens over illegal immigrants.
“We are taking unprecedented action to secure our Southern border and stop illegal immigration,” Trump said.
It’s a familiar refrain, as promises to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, disparaging remarks about immigrants and calls to crack down on illegal immigration have become hallmarks of the president’s rhetoric.
But the Trump administration has also moved forward in its attempts to restrict legal immigration, at times by slow-walking adjudication processes and otherwise exercising executive power, as Congress — which has the power to control immigration flows — remains at a standstill.
“The president got elected on an election mandate,” attorney tells Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson. “And part of his narrative during the campaign was that he
