His administration has said immigration should be based on skills and merit and less on family ties. Trump would restrict family migration – “chain migration” as he puts it — to spouses and minor children. This plan would put a dent in family migration, but it would not end it. Akayed Ullah, accused of setting off a pipe bomb in New York in December, came to the United States from Bangladesh in 2011, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The visa lottery grants 50,000 green cards a year to immigrants from low immigration countries.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2018 01:09 UTC