SusieQQQ
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Everyone. No embassies anywhere are holding routine visa interviews at the moment. They can’t send you an interview appointment until they know when the embassies will reopen.
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Everyone. No embassies anywhere are holding routine visa interviews at the moment. They can’t send you an interview appointment until they know when the embassies will reopen.
Trump just tweeted this;
In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!
Not good. We will see what’s going to happen from this point on.
In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!
Not good. We will see what’s going to happen from this point on.
Drehitchcock
Member
Yep. Was just about to ask everyone’s opinions on this. I wonder if it affects those of us who already have immigrant visas (ours are non-validated as yet)
Peince
Active Member
when it comes to immigration , nothing good ever came from Trump administration . His main goal from day one was to suspend immigration , especially from countries and people who don't look like him . It's sad , things are just getting worst .
Airspray
Active Member
I'm not too worried about it, a decision like this is way beyond his ability to implement alone. He would face challanges from every direction.
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Democrats disagree with him !
Ercriniera
Member
But there's someone with a visa already who tried to enter? Or just people who just got to attend the appointment? 
Nagini2020
New Member
As far as I know, there haven't been any official declarations, presidential executive orders or changes in the law (not even proposed changes in the law). Until anything official like that happens, I don't think anything will change for the DV. It feels more like Trump is trying to capitalize politically on the fact that immigration was already suspended in reality because of the pandemic anyway. International travel is currently (near) impossible, and the embassies are closed and not doing interviews. Until those two things change, immigration into the US is at a standstill regardless of what Trump tweets about it.
Airspray
Active Member
Agreed. The only concern at this point is that embassies won't reopen in order to stop immigration de facto. I'm not sure if he can do that, but it's very convenient for him to have only ACS working at the embassies.
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WBA
Active Member
It is not a switch that he can turn on and off depending on his mood
This sounds as a provocation and his way to divert attention from his failure and the criticism he is facing about how bad his managing the pandemic. The issue is too big for him to handle, since the elections are coming, he is trying to make people forget about how bad he was. I don't really worry about this tweet
However, I have a concern about reopening the embassies, I understand it depends on the local situation of each country but does the order to open any embassy come from Trump? In other words, if I take Canada as an example, let's pretend Canadian decided they will open the economy by end of May (including all businesses, schools and everything), does the American embassy need to follow the local instructions or would they resume their services only when Trump asks them to?
In an article they write :
"The Department of Homeland Security is still drafting the executive order, according to three people familiar with the situation."
It also talks about that the reason is economics, and not corona virus or safety, so that's bad news I think because Republicans will support that view
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/20/trump-suspend-immigration-coronavirus-197755
WBA
Active Member
There is an underlying reason why this decision comes now, Trump is taking advantage of the situation to stop the immigration as it always was in his plan since day one. He lost the public because of his failure and now he is trying to get it back with this decision
For sure his tweet will cause some problems to immigrants but this is what he is looking for
“the order is expected to temporarily halt the issuance of new green cards and work visas — steps that had already effectively already been in place amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A second administration official told CNN the executive order will be a “temporary 120 days or so” halt on “some” work visas to mitigate some of the unemployment concerns related to the pandemic.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD NEWS..
A second administration official told CNN the executive order will be a “temporary 120 days or so” halt on “some” work visas to mitigate some of the unemployment concerns related to the pandemic.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD NEWS..
Ercriniera
Member
If you already got the visa on the passport tou may attempt entry by appealing the exemption in paragraph 9th of section 2 I guess:
(ix) any alien whose entry would not pose a significant risk of introducing, transmitting, or spreading the virus, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC Director or his designee;
It may help a negative test of the virus to be presented by the border?
(ix) any alien whose entry would not pose a significant risk of introducing, transmitting, or spreading the virus, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the CDC Director or his designee;
It may help a negative test of the virus to be presented by the border?
Peince
Active Member
It's a distraction to hide his failure as a leader , at the same time he sees is as a golden opportunity to push his agenda towards immigrants . The only question is that if his order ( whatever it will be ) can be challenged at the court or get blocked by the law makers .
Trump will try every way he can to stop the immigration , which he himself benefited from .
He is smart, he want to suspend for a temporary period of time legal immigration, in this way he using economy as at an excuse saying millions of American people are now unemployed. I am worried no one will do anything
WBA
Active Member
I think so, he cannot simply decide on his own, the only think he can do is to slow down the opening of the embassies