politics
March 21, 2026
How the Trump administration is undermining legal immigrants
The US has been targeting not only people who have violated the law but many who are in the country legally
TL;DR
- The Trump administration is implementing policies to strip legal immigrants of their status, making them vulnerable to deportation.
- Refugee programs have been suspended, caps have been drastically lowered, and processing of green card applications by refugees has been paused.
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has been revoked for approximately 1 million people from various countries, placing them at risk of deportation.
- The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) program is under stress, with increasing numbers of recipients facing arrest and deportation.
- Access to the asylum system has been barred for new arrivals, and existing asylum seekers are being arrested and deported, sometimes to third countries.
- Policies now allow for the arrest and deportation of immigrants with U and T visas, who are victims of crime.
- Humanitarian parole programs have been paused for several nationalities, and nearly 1 million parolees have had their status terminated.
- Student and work visa holders are also being targeted, with workplace raids and increased fees for work visas.
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