Source: PBS, 5/20/19


President Donald Trump called last week for prioritizing immigrants coming to the United States for skills-based reasons rather than family ties, a proposal that would shift the values anchoring the nation’s immigration policy and have significant economic ramifications. Congress seems unlikely to act on the president’s newest plan, which critics argue does not dramatically reshape the legal immigration landscape. But on its own the Trump administration has made a number of changes over the past two years to the nation’s guest worker program — changes that will resonate throughout the U.S. economy.

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