Trump is forcing green card applicants back to their home countries to wait for permanent residency [View all]
Source: The Independent
Friday 22 May 2026 13:28 EDT
Donald Trump’s administration could soon force immigrants seeking a green card to leave the U.S. while they are waiting for permanent residency, a move that would upend the lives of millions of people who are currently in the pipeline and significantly disrupt families and businesses who rely on them.
New guidance from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services states that “aliens seeking adjustment of status” must do so “outside of the country.”. “We’re returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nation’s immigration system properly,” USCIS spokesman Zach Kahler said Friday.
“From now on, an alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a green card must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances,” he said. “This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivizing loopholes.”
USCIS, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, has emerged as a key tool in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which has turned an agency largely tasked with administering benefits — including handling applications for citizenship, asylum and other lawful status — into another law enforcement arm.
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