: Joe Biden revokes Trump-era ban on green card applicants that blocked legal immigration to US #IndiaNEWS American President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze issued by his predecessor Donald Trump

Joe Biden revokes Trump-era ban on green card applicants that blocked legal immigration to US #IndiaNEWS
American President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze issued by his predecessor Donald Trump that blocked many green card applicants from entering the United States, Reuters reported. Trump had last year halted the issuance of green cards until the end of 2020 in the name of protecting American jobs amid high unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic. On December 31, he extended those orders until the end of March.Biden rejected that reasoning in a proclamation on Wednesday rescinding the visa ban. The Democratic president said that “shutting the door on legal immigrants does not advance the interests of the United States???, reported AP. On the contrary, Biden said it harmed the United States, by preventing certain family members of US citizens and lawful permanent residents from joining their families here. “It also harmed American businesses that utilize talent from around the world,??? Biden stated in his proclamation.As many as 1,20,000 family-based preference visas were lost largely because of the pandemic-related freeze in the 2020 budget year, according to the American Immigrant Lawyers Association. Immigrants could not bring over family members unless they were US citizens applying for visas for their spouses or children under the age of 21.It also barred entry to immigrants with employment-based visas unless they...Read more

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