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U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions

Description Four major principles underlie current U. Physical Description 41 pages. Who People and organizations associated with either the creation of this report or its content. Publisher Library of Congress. About Browse this Partner. What Descriptive information to help identify this report. Identifier Unique identifying numbers for this report in the Digital Library or other systems.


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Collections This report is part of the following collection of related materials. About Browse this Collection. A Senate bill would replace the existing eligibility criteria with a point system similar to that proposed for family-based green cards. The new system would eliminate a green card for immigrant investors who put money into commercial U. This path to a green card, the EB-5 program, has drawn criticism from some lawmakers.

Each year, about 50, people receive green cards through the U. Since the program began in , more than 1 million immigrants have received green cards through the lottery. Trump has said he wants to eliminate the program , which seeks to diversify the U. Citizens of countries with the most legal immigrant arrivals in recent years — such as Mexico, Canada, China and India — are not eligible to apply.

U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions - Digital Library

In fiscal , , high-skilled foreign workers received H-1B visas. In all, more than 1. Under the Trump administration, the number of H-1B applications challenged by the federal government has increased.


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  4. In addition, the administration has considered restricting the number of years foreign workers can hold H-1B visas. In Congress, long-standing efforts to expand the H-1B visa program continue. A relatively small number of unauthorized immigrants who came to the U.

    U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions

    One key distinction for this group of immigrants is that, despite having received permission to live in the U. The following two programs are examples of this:. The program has been central to negotiations as Congress debates changes to U. Trump ended the program in September As a result, DACA enrollees whose benefits expire March 5 would be the first to be dropped from the program. Digital Files 1 file.

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