Trump Requires Most Green-Card Applicants to Leave U.S., Triggering 200-Email Lawyer Backlash
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 1
Trump Requires Most Green-Card Applicants to Leave U.S., Triggering 200-Email Lawyer Backlash
4 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 1
More than 200 client emails hit one immigration lawyer within hours after the Trump administration said most immigrants must leave the U.S. to apply for a green card.
The policy shift, announced in a government press release, upended expectations for applicants already pursuing permanent residency from inside the country.
Lawyers said the change sowed confusion across the immigration system, with some describing it as pulling the rug out from pending green-card cases.
The outcry points to broader disruption ahead as immigrants, attorneys and employers try to determine who must depart the U.S. and how applications will proceed.
Can legal challenges overturn the new policy forcing green card applicants to leave the U.S. and apply abroad?
How will officials define the 'extraordinary circumstances' needed for immigrants to get green cards without leaving the U.S.?
Could this policy cause consular backlogs to collapse, leaving families separated for years?