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The legal immigration process has been slowed to a crawl by the current administration[1]. Any claims that they simply wish for people to follow the legal proce
by omegaworks 8y ago
The legal immigration process has been slowed to a crawl by the current administration[1]. Any claims that they simply wish for people to follow the legal process are entirely misleading, to the point of being reality-muddling propaganda. The administration is making the legal process harder, impossible in some cases[2], and is advocating for the shutdown of many legal avenues, even those that the president's family themselves have used to attain status here[3].
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19547565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19547565
2. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/trumps-new-deal-would-make-asylum-next-impossible/576814/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/trumps-...
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/nyregion/melania-trumps-parents-become-us-citizens.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/nyregion/melania-trumps-p...