One of the measures of Trump is 'Hire American' which mandates "rigorous enforcement and administration" of immigration laws relating to Labor Certification. According to the relevant section of the Law, skilled or unskilled laborers must not be allowed to immigrate unless it has been certified that there are not adequate numbers of people among U.S. citizens who are "able, willing or qualified" to perform the same labor.

With regard to the H-1B visa program for highly-skilled foreign nationals, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) has announced targeted visits to H-1B reliant employers to detect abuse by employers in not identifying whether similar candidates are available within the country.

In-person interviews have been introduced for Permanent-Residency Applications related to employment and refugee/asylee relatives.

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiated in 2012 has been rescinded with no renewal for permits which expire after March 5, 2018. This has led to the possibility of children under the age of 16 who had accompanied their parents into the U.S. and who have grown up in the U.S. to be deported. Initial Requests under DACA made prior to September 5, 2017 would be reviewed on a case-by-case basis while Renewal Requests made till October 5, 2017 would also be renewed on a case-by-case basis. Initial Requests were not allowed to be made after September 5, 2017.

It is important to first point out that the current immigration restrictions that were enacted by the Trump administration October 8, 2017 are condition based, not time-based, meaning countries can be removed from or added to the restricted countries list on a rolling basis. The head of the Department of Homeland Security submits a report to the President every 180 days with recommendations, updates and current status of each country. The current restrictions include: travel to the US is banned for all citizens of Iran, Chad, North Korea, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria. However, the restrictions are varied and based on country of citizenship. For the countries listed above are immigrant visas have been suspended. Non-immigrant visas for business and tourism have been suspended for all nationalists of Libya, Chad, North Korea, Yemen, and Syria. Iranian citizens are not eligible for business or tourism visas but are eligible for student and cultural exchange visas with increased security checks. Somalia citizens can apply for non-immigrant visas but with more security checks. Venezuela, North Korea, Iraq, and Chad citizens now have additional restrictions and increased vetting, they can apply for visas but now require case-by-case waivers.

Chad: Entry into the US for immigrants and non-immigrants on business, tourists, and business-tourists visas are suspended.

Iran: Entry into the US for immigrants and non-immigrants is suspended, except for student and cultural exchange visitor visas.

Yemen: Entry into the US for immigrants and non-immigrants on business, tourists, and business-tourists visas are suspended.

Syria: Entry into the US for immigrants and non-immigrants is suspended.

Venezuela: Only certain Venezuelan government officials and their immediate familiy members are allowed entry into the US as non-immigrants on business.

Somalia: Entry into the US for immigrants is suspended. Non-immigrants traveling to the US will endure enhanced screening and vetting.

North Korea: Entry into the US for immigrants and non-immigrants is suspended.

Libya: Entry into the US for immigrants and non-immigrants on business, tourists, and business-tourists visas are suspended.