Trump's future immigration policies- speculation MEGATHREAD

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But then there's this http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/trump-immigration-bill/index.html

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1 hour ago, Dutchster said:

Currently watching the President address Congress. Immigration was a very short subject, honestly and so far nothing what he said was about legal immigration. He only mentioned the marriage-based immigration once but nothing bad as what I understood from it. I think he rather talks about ISIS and how he can defeat them bigly.

 

He did put some emphasis on merit based immigration and financial support, but as we all know legal immigrants aren't able to access any of that stuff anyway initially.

[SkruDe 311]

I watched his speech last night, keeping an ear out for immigration reform and what he would say about it.  Eventually he talked about wanting to reform "Legal Immigration".  He talked about a merit based system about "Legal Immigration" and about financial capabilities.  But that is it.  Not details, no specifics.  So all we are left with, at least all I am left with after that speech is more questions about what kind of "Legal Immigration" reform he has in mind? 

 

My poor fiance in Colombia is so scared right now.  I try to tell her she has nothing to worry about as we await our NOA2, but now even I don't know what's going to happen.  What kind of reform is coming our way?  I wish more information existed or he spoke a little more about it.  I'm guessing, K1 applicants should be okay, but I dont know.

[ryna 132]

20 minutes ago, SkruDe said:

I watched his speech last night, keeping an ear out for immigration reform and what he would say about it.  Eventually he talked about wanting to reform "Legal Immigration".  He talked about a merit based system about "Legal Immigration" and about financial capabilities.  But that is it.  Not details, no specifics.  So all we are left with, at least all I am left with after that speech is more questions about what kind of "Legal Immigration" reform he has in mind? 

 

My poor fiance in Colombia is so scared right now.  I try to tell her she has nothing to worry about as we await our NOA2, but now even I don't know what's going to happen.  What kind of reform is coming our way?  I wish more information existed or he spoke a little more about it.  I'm guessing, K1 applicants should be okay, but I dont know.

From what I understand, immediate family visas (spouses, fiancees, parents) shouldn't be affected directly.  The only thing I have heard is that they may possibly be included in the visa quotas (they aren't now) but I don't know if they'd be subject to the quota or just take a spot from someone who is.  

 

Of course, it's still all speculation at this point and I'd say she should be fine, especially since any change would require Congress to actually do something.

[yuna628 9,688]

The new EO has been delayed again... for 'reasons'.

 

But AP has a preview of some changes being made: https://apnews.com/8844fb012b054fa484b93b921a9e8bb0

 

Looks to me as if someone finally realized they'd never get anywhere in terms of it's legality if they didn't make some much-needed changes within the proper boundaries.

[Leo7777 243]

2 hours ago, SkruDe said:

He talked about a merit based system about "Legal Immigration" and about financial capabilities.  But that is it.  Not details, no specifics.  So all we are left with, at least all I am left with after that speech is more questions about what kind of "Legal Immigration" reform he has in mind? 

 

 

We can never expect to hear details of anything in such a presentation.

If he were to present details on the many plans, the talk would have to go on for 8-9 hours.

[Leo7777 243]

President Donald Trump called for a huge overhaul of the nation’s immigration rules to reduce the huge inflow of low-skill, welfare-dependent immigrants, but perhaps also to increase the inflow of productivity-boosting white-collar immigrants.

In his address to Congress, Trump called on lawmakers to pursue reforms to move the nation’s legal immigration program toward a more “merit-based” system like that used in Canada and other countries.

Trump said curbing the number of “lower-skilled” immigrants who are entering the country would help raise wages for American workers who would be able to “enter the middle class and do it quickly. And they will be very, very happy indeed.”

Most of these unskilled immigrants are the extended family relations of prior unskilled immigrants from South America or Asia, and they tend to push less skilled Americans — white, Latino and African-American — out of the job market. This family based inflow is strongly supported by ethnic political groups, such as the National Council of La Raza and by various Arab, Pakistani, and Islamic political groups.

There is a huge annual inflow of roughly 800,000 salary-cutting, welfare-spending unskilled migrants.

In contrast to unskilled migration, the annual inflow of university educated legal immigrants is much smaller, at perhaps 200,000 professionals per year.  And this white-collar immigrant labor supply is augmented by the resident population of at least 1 million white-collar contract workers who hold long-term H-1B visas or work permits. Roughly 650,000 foreign H-1B workers are employed in a wide variety of white-collar jobs in the United States, including roughly 100,000 as academics, teachers, doctors, therapists, scientists, and designers at American universities. Other visa programs boost the number of resident foreign professionals to at least 1 million.

Though he didn’t spell out details in his speech, Trump’s aides have envisioned proposals to dramatically slash the number immigrants who receive green cards – granting them permanent residence in the United States – which stands at more than 1 million per year. If enacted, such moves could be the first major cuts to legal immigration in more than half a century.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/28/trump-reform-white-collar-immigration/

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6 hours ago, SkruDe said:

I watched his speech last night, keeping an ear out for immigration reform and what he would say about it.  Eventually he talked about wanting to reform "Legal Immigration".  He talked about a merit based system about "Legal Immigration" and about financial capabilities.  But that is it.  Not details, no specifics.  So all we are left with, at least all I am left with after that speech is more questions about what kind of "Legal Immigration" reform he has in mind? 

 

My poor fiance in Colombia is so scared right now.  I try to tell her she has nothing to worry about as we await our NOA2, but now even I don't know what's going to happen.  What kind of reform is coming our way?  I wish more information existed or he spoke a little more about it.  I'm guessing, K1 applicants should be okay, but I dont know.

The less talking there is about it, the slower the rollout will probably be. I say that because I think Trump is starting to figure out that talking about stuff and truly planning it before rollout is much better than rolling out half-assed policies.

[AZSunshine78 437]

 I'm an American and I am speechless right now with the tensions between US and UK😞

 

All I care about is spending my life with the man of my dreams who is a British citizen.

 

Is anyone else worried at all that this is going to get so bad it may cause problems with people trying to immigrate into the US from Europe through the fiancé visa?

[yuna628 9,688]

There is little to be concerned about in that regard. If anything the concern has always been for most immigrants their future UK spouses moving back to the UK with their US partners if they so choose to at some point in time (a complex and difficult matter which the UK is not improving any time soon). But what aspects in particular are you concerned about?

[Transborderwife 4,666]

As much as it pains me to say this...Trump is not that stupid 

[AZSunshine78 437]

13 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

There is little to be concerned about in that regard. If anything the concern has always been for most immigrants their future UK spouses moving back to the UK with their US partners if they so choose to at some point in time (a complex and difficult matter which the UK is not improving any time soon). But what aspects in particular are you concerned about?

I'm unsure. Trump is so unpredictable, I have no clue what he would do. What if he closes all the borders? He's kind of a loose cannon, imo

[Wuozopo 4,293]

Nope, no concerns that Trump will stop your K1. 

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Just now, AZSunshine78 said:

I'm unsure. Trump is so unpredictable, I have no clue what he would do. What if he closes all the borders? He's kind of a loose cannon, imo

He wouldn't go that far

[yuna628 9,688]

5 minutes ago, AZSunshine78 said:

I'm unsure. Trump is so unpredictable, I have no clue what he would do. What if he closes all the borders? He's kind of a loose cannon, imo

I double dog dare him to. If this was the case, he'd find himself in court and blockaded before he could tweet covfefe. 

This process is stressful enough, and you don't need extra worries ontop of that. I do not see any future concerns in this regard.