GettyNews coverage of the Trump administration’s immigration plan has focused on the introduction of a point system to the U.S. legal immigration system. On May 16, 2019, Donald Trump discussed his proposal for a new legal immigration system in a White House speech. Under current law, a U.S. citizen may sponsor for immigration a spouse, parent, minor or adult child or a sibling. Lawful permanent residents (green card holders) can sponsor a spouse, minor child or unmarried adult child. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Trump administration has been to admit as few highly skilled people as possible.

Source: Forbes May 24, 2019 04:08 UTC