Immigration Order Likely to Benefit Employment-Based Green Cards

The new executive order meant to “suspend immigration” may, in the end, only shift the numbers toward employment-based green cards and away from the family-based variety.

President Donald Trump‘s order, signed Wednesday, bars foreign nationals on foreign soil seeking U.S. residency from applying for green cards for the next 60 days, and doesn’t affect those who currently have valid visas or travel documents. It also exempts individuals seeking to permanently enter the country as a medical professional or researcher, as well as members of the armed forces, those seeking asylum or refugee status, and children being adopted by ...