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.
Added: April 21, 2017, 3:27 p.m.
Last change: April 21, 2017, 3:27 p.m.
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I think now that has all changed, the public in USA voted for America first and border control but now it appears that things will be going in the same direction that they have always been going. They recently announced that the Federal budget does not have to include the cost of the wall. So basically that means no wall.
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