Hey guys, in this video, we're going to talk about the fact that president Trump's intent
on cutting lawful immigration guys listen carefully, lawful immigration by 49%. We're
going to talk about which categories are most impacted by this and what is driving this
decrease or this reduction in lawful lawful immigration. So stay tuned for all of those
details. Friends. Before I dive into it, as I always say, thanks for watching. Thanks
for being part of this community. Now let's dive into this friends. Lawful immigration
is under attack. Without question, we know that president Trump from day one was focusing
on immigration, but you know, many people think that a lot of his policies are trying
to reduce unlawful immigration. Those who come in the wrong way, or those who lie, they
misrepresent, they commit fraud. We would think that those are the people that he's
targeted.
And certainly those who have committed a crime in the U S right, but when you look at the
numbers guys, and you look at the policies that he has set in place, you will find that
a lot of the focus has been unlawful immigration processes, processes, I should say. And I'm
going to share my screen with you and take you through the numbers, take you through
a really terrific article that came out just recently, actually from Forbes, which talks
about the fact that while the headline is Trump cuts legal immigrants by half, and he's
not done yet. And so this article goes on to make an argument about economics fact that
the labor supply guys, the labor supply needs immigrants. According to the article, it says
that without immigrants contribute into the quality and quantity of the labor supply,
the majority of the economic growth gains America saw between 2011 and 2016 followed
by the last recession would not have happened.
So the growth that we saw was a result of immigrants being part of the labor force in
America. Now the article further says that immigrants in their children contributed more
than one half of workforce growth in the past two decades due to the retirement of baby
boomers and population aging in general, immigration will play an even larger role in workforce
growth going forward than it has in the past. So it goes through this background of why
it's so important for us to continue to have a thriving immigration system, right? A system
that welcomes immigrants and allows those immigrants to join the workforce at the bottom
line is in the numbers, right? It's about the economics. It perfect economic sense.
Now let's talk about the numbers, friends. This is where it really matters, who is being
targeted by these policies from the Trump administration that is virtually cutting in
half lawful immigration.
And so I'm going to hone in on this table so that you guys can see the numbers here
for yourself. And so this table, this, the data was compiled by the national foundation
for American policy department of Homeland security. And so they are looking at 2016
numbers versus what they're projected the fiscal year 2021 numbers will be with respect
to those who will be cut out of the lawful immigration system and the decline that's
going to happen across categories. Now, the first category that I think we really need
to be very concerned about is the immediate relatives of us citizen category. And so according
to the data in this article in fiscal year, 2016, 566,000 individuals were able to obtain
a green card are lawful permanent residents who are immediate relatives of us citizens
compared with only 269,000 that's projected for fiscal year 2021. And so that would be
a decline of 297,000 people are to be precise here, 297,575 people, or a 53% in decline
in the lawful permanent resident decline.
That's tremendous, right? Because these are, when we talk about immediate relatives of
us citizens, we're talking about spouses, we're talking about children under 21 and
unmarried, we're talking about parents of us citizens. And so this, this captures quite
a bit of people and it not only impacts the immigrant, right? It also impacts the U S
citizen as well, who wants to be closer to his or her family. The other category that's
impacted in a very negative way is refugees, refugees. And so with respect to refugees,
they're projecting that there's going to be a 71% decline in that category. And then asylee
is guys, you hear so much about the fact that people are at the border, they're being detained
at the border in these awful conditions. They can't come in. Interviews are not happening
to determine whether people have a credible fear of persecution or not.
Right. And so we know that that's under attack. And so they're expecting a 67% decline in
asylee is becoming lawful permanent residents. And now guys, this is it. This is it right
here. This category, this is the family sponsored preference system. So with respect to this
system, guys, you know, we're talking about people who fall into a preference category
and they have to wait until their priority date becomes current before they're able to
move forward with a visa application and then immigrate into the U S after they obtain an
interview at the us embassy, we're talking largely about those individuals. Now, of course,
there are some folks who are here in the United States who fall into the preference system
as well, but it is a smaller number compared to those outside of the U S. And in fact,
about 94% of individuals who come in through the family based system are outside of the
United States and the others are here within the U S so it's a big group of people that
we're talking about.
So we're talking about spouse and children of green card holders. We're talking about
siblings of us citizens. We're talking about adult children of us citizens as well. And
so according to this data, guys, what are we looking at here? Back in 2016, 238,000
people immigrated through the family preference system, look at what we're projecting for
2021, one 19,000. So that's a Klein of 92%. Yes. 92% decline. And you might be saying
why in the world, is there such a sharp decline in those companies to America, through the
family based system and friends that's because of the travel ban that's in effect the proclamation,
I should say that went into effect on June 24th, 2020. And so that's proclamation suspense
entry on individuals who fall into this family preference system until December 31st, 2020.
And if president Trump is elected reelected, I should say, then there, everyone is expecting
him to continue that ban.
And so that's what we're, they're getting this from who else is impacted by the decline?
Well, we see that the employment base preference category is actually on the surplus side,
so to speak, right? They're projecting that more people will become lawful permanent resident
through an employment base category. Now, what other category has been zeroed out? The
category that has been zeroed out here, friends is the diversity visa lottery winners with
respect to the diversity visa program. You guys may or may not know that individuals
who win that lottery plus obtain the immigrant visa within the same year of winning the lottery.
And so fiscal year for the federal government ends September 30th, right of each year. And
so under this new proclamation virtually no one who won that diversity visa is able to
come in because they cannot obtain their immigrant visa before the fiscal year ends.
And so lawsuits are being filed certainly for these diversity visa winners. And so we'll
see whether that aspect of the proclamation will be, there would be some sort of injunction.
And guys, you should also know that there is another litigation going on that would
place an injunction on this proclamation as well. So that's going through the system.
And certainly if they're successful at this lawsuit, then certainly I will let you guys
know. Then there's also this catch all category, guys, the rest of legal immigration system,
they're not projected a decrease or even an increase in lawful immigration for those who
fit into that category. And so we're talking obviously maybe about victims of domestic
violence, juveniles who have been abandoned, neglected, or abused in some other special
categories fit into this. One other thing I forgot to say earlier, actually in the article
touches on this, and you've been hearing me say this for quite some time, is that public
charge, right?
Another reason why they're projecting this sharp decline or reduction in lawful immigration
is also because of public charge. And the fact that public charge applies virtually
to everyone on the outside, trying to come in through the lawful immigration system,
unless the individual is seeking asylum in the U S. And so public charge will place a
lot of burden on people as they're applying for that immigrant visa. And the expectation
is that more and more people will be declined because of the new tough public charge rules.
So just to recap friends, the Trump administration, their policies are now colliding all of these
different changes and executive orders and public charge. All of these issues are now
colliding, and we're now able to see some real numbers of the impact of all of this.
And the bottom line number is that lawful immigration is expected to be cut in almost
half 49%, according to the data that is being reported out here.
So friends comment below, let me know your thoughts on this. It's not great news, obviously,
but at least, you know, this is not new to us really, right? Anecdotally, we've been
saying that all of these policies, the intent is to cut immigration in half or approvals
in half. And now we actually have some real numbers to show. And now we also know which
categories are most impacted by all of those policies when you've put it all together.
So friends, I hope you found this video helpful, like comment and share it with others. And
guys, I will see you in the next one. Thanks for watching. Bye bye.