Chinanews.com, August 12th. According to the US "World Journal" report, in the past few days, the US government has continued to tighten immigration policies and implemented "customs closures," which has hindered the immigration of many people. A few days ago, the Forum of the American Minority Media Service Center invited a number of immigration rights experts to analyze the negative impact of the executive order issued by US President Trump after the epidemic on immigration.
Pierce, an analyst at the US Institute for Immigration Policy, said that the Institute has been tracking Trump's immigration policy reforms and found that the relevant policies are very changeable. The most notable one is the introduction of "public charge" related reforms.
Pierce believes that after the outbreak, Trump has mainly taken three administrative actions. The first is to restrict immigration from the perspective of public health security with the guidance of the US Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This reform closed the southern border of the United States. The second is to restrict the immigration of relatives and the immigration of diversified visas, and the third is to prohibit the entry of immigrants such as work visas and visiting scholars.
Pierce said that in general, Trump's immigration policy is characterized by a tendency to reduce humanitarian social welfare and strictly control borders, which also makes immigrants in the United States feel uneasy.
Patty Pola, a lawyer who is concerned about the rights of commercial immigrants, said that Trump's policies not only target undocumented immigrants, but also deal a blow to legal immigrants, including many types of highly skilled immigrants. For the type of H1B work visa, additional materials will be required when applying, or it is impossible to apply for expedited processing, which slows down the immigration process and many immigration review cases are backlogged.
Patipola said that the epidemic did cause many people to lose their jobs, but these rarely happen in the high-tech industry, and the high-tech industry needs immigrant talents very much. (Li Han)