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Reuters reported that more than 37,000 visa applications were refused in 2018 as a direct result of the administration’s travel ban on primarily Muslim-majority countries. K-1 visas for fiances of US citizens dropped 35.7% in fiscal year 2018, compared to 2016, and student visas declined by 23%, according to state department data. The document is just one of myriad changes under the current administration that have made it more difficult for people to enter and stay in the country through lawful means – even as Trump says publicly that he wants foreigners in the US, but “they have to come in legally”. Two years later, that number plummeted to 22,491 “Is it deliberate? In August 2016, Fawzi and his family say they received a letter with conditional approval to resettle in the US. “Four months,” Fawzi’s family told the Guardian, “and we are now in two years and [a] half.” Every time they ask officials about why they are stuck in Lebanon, they get the same answer: security procedure. However, experts in immigration policy say there’s no evidence many of the new vetting policies affecting foreign nationals work. Bier said the requirements have been devised primarily to “obstruct legal immigration”. “The ultimate goal is making it more difficult to live in the United States legally,” Bier said. But at least his partner’s visa was eventually approved.

Reuters reported that more than 37,000 visa applications were refused in 2018 as a direct result of the administration’s travel ban on primarily Muslim-majority countries. K-1 visas for fiances of US citizens dropped 35.7% in fiscal year 2018, compared to 2016, and student visas declined by 23%, according to state department data. The document is just one of myriad changes under the current administration that have made it more difficult for people to enter and stay in the country through lawful means – even as Trump says publicly that he wants foreigners in the US, but “they have to come in legally”. Two years later, that number plummeted to 22,491 “Is it deliberate? In August 2016, Fawzi and his family say they received a letter with conditional approval to resettle in the US. “Four months,” Fawzi’s family told the Guardian, “and we are now in two years and [a] half.” Every time they ask officials about why they are stuck in Lebanon, they get the same answer: security procedure. However, experts in immigration policy say there’s no evidence many of the new vetting policies affecting foreign nationals work. Bier said the requirements have been devised primarily to “obstruct legal immigration”. “The ultimate goal is making it more difficult to live in the United States legally,” Bier said. But at least his partner’s visa was eventually approved.

Melania Trump’s parents were sworn in as US citizens on Thursday, completing a legal path to citizenship that their son-in-law has suggested eliminating. Viktor and Amalija Knavs, both in their 70s, took the citizenship oath at a private ceremony in New York City. Trump and Pence products of family migration they want to curb, records show Read more Lawyer Michael Wildes said the Knavses applied for citizenship on their own and didn’t get any special treatment. He confirmed that the first lady sponsored their green cards. Her husband, Donald Trump, has proposed ending most family-based immigration, which he refers to as “chain migration”. Amid a bitter debate over immigration – particularly the Trump administration’s separation of children from families crossing the border illegally – Wildes said the Knavses’ attaining citizenship was “an example of it going right”. Along with targeting illegal immigration, Donald Trump has proposed sharply curbing legal immigration. Under the law, permanent residents must live in the country for at least five years before applying for citizenship. The Knavses’ citizenship ceremony was kept hush-hush around the Jacob K Javits Federal Building. Viktor Knavs is 74, two years older than his son-in-law.