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Trump Limits Pathways to Legal Status for Immigrants

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer guards a group of 116 Salvadorean immigrants that wait to be deported at Willacy Detention facility in Raymondville, Texas on December 18, 2008 early morning.  (Jose Cabezas/AFP via Getty Images)

Airdate: Monday, March 23 at 9 AM

President Trump has said he supports “legal” immigration, but his administration has dismantled or limited pathways for immigrants to attain legal status. Visa programs including the diversity lottery are on hiatus. Citizenship ceremonies have been canceled. Wait times for green card approvals are stretching longer. We’ll talk about the Trump Administration’s moves to limit immigration and what pathways remain.

Guests:

Jennifer Chacón, professor, Stanford Law School

Julia Gelatt, associate director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute

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