Given that Donald Trump's uncompomising attitude to immigration - unauthorized or legal - has been a defining aspect of his political platform, it's reasonable to assume why immigrants might feel deterred. In the run up to his successful presidential campaign he insisted he would build a wall between America and Mexico, deport all 11 million immigrants currently living in the US illegally, ramp up spending on enforcing immigration law, end birthright citizenship and stop unauthorized immigrants from sending wages home.

All along his mantra has been that those wishing to enter the States by legal channels have nothing to fear. Except his pronouncements and actions say otherwise. Under Trump's tightening of border controls, anyone wishing to enter America without the means to support themselves will be prevented from so doing, raising the bar for economic migrants trying to escape impoverishment. Refugee and asylum policy will need to be revisited. There will be new restrictions on visas being issued to workers, even if they are categorized as highly skilled, as well as a moratorium on new permanent immigration from foreign workers.

Trump's political mindset of soundbites and slogans certainly struck a chord with a large swathe of disaffected US voters. But he has made nationality an issue, levering competition for jobs in favor of Americans over immigrants. This will stoke the prevailing impression he has set out to reinforce, that under his administration, immigration will be deterred.

Trump's political platform is in flux, more so now that he's ditched Steve Bannon - Trump was anti NAFTA under his advisor's influence, but now seems pro and is talking about renegotiation. But where immigration is concerned, the president was sending out consistent signals on a regular basis: he wanted immirgant number reduced. One effect of his February 2017 ban on incomers from 7 Muslim countries was the revocation of some 60,000 visas. The number itself is actually small in terms of the overall total, but more important is the impact of that news overseas, where people are less attuned to the nuances of American politics but can easily read signals suggesting they're unwelcome. A report from US Customs and Border Protection noted a 40% drop in people apprehending crossing illegally from Mexico - the first decrease since figures started to be recorded in 2000. Rhetoric about rounding up 11 million people has an effect, as has talk about a policy shift allowing courts to separate children from migrant parents. It's less about the impact of policy specifics than the overwhelming impression potential immigrants have thanks to Trump's chaotic use of Twitter and random speech declarations that America is a country that will no longer welcome them.

According to his speech i think yes