Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says

Post by tetromino_ » Sat, May 23, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

nairboon wrote: post #421

seshagiric wrote: post #301

This is just reckless without any responsibility. A number of people, especially in tech sector, legally stay in US while their GC is being processed. They have kids born in the USA. If such people were to leave USA to seek green card: - the kids must first get visas to their parent's countries - once reaching the other country, consular offices now have multi year wait lines for getting an appointment with a office…

> the kids must first get visas to their parent's countries In this situation, wouldn't the kids already have citizenship of their parents countries?

Post by wombatpm » Sat, May 23, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC

hellojesus wrote: post #192

cogman10 wrote: post #165

So much of the US immigration process is built around punishing and exploiting. The primary reason for the strong border is allowing farms and construction companies to find cheap labor which can't complain about mistreatment. It helps that a decent portion of the population hates and/or is fearful anyone different from themselves. That is what's allowed for these even more draconian and brutal measures.

This is the part that is the wildest to me. The current system seems to generate a collection of second-class citizens: people we openly rely on for labor but that have no recourse if they're exploited and no regulatory protections such as minimum wage (even though I argue against min wage, if we're going to have it, have it!). My personal preference would be to allow nearly unlimited legal immigration but strip welf…

Post by happytoexplain » Sat, May 23, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC

Aniket-N wrote: post #455

stego-tech wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm right there with you, and it's why I go to great pains to articulate the entirety of my position on immigration when I get into these sorts of debates. The simpler someone's position on immigration is, the less they understand it at length or the more extremist their viewpoints tend to be.

Threads like these make me realize how wrong people can be. I understand the complexity and can see how misinformed people are. Makes me wonder what happens in other threads where I know little and just take whatever at face value. Eesh.

Post by nceqs3 » Sat, May 23, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC

dboreham wrote: post #515

shell0x wrote: post #510

That makes sense to me. If you come on a non-immigrant visa, you can’t become a permanent resident easily. it’s a privilege, not a right. Other countries like the UAE also take a lot of foreign workers but do not want them become PRs or citizens and there are tons of people moving there for opportunities. The labor is needed but they don’t want these people permanently. You made your money, now leave

Nice way to destroy the US economy over the next few decades, if you consider who made the country rich since WW2.

Post by Gibbon1 » Sat, May 23, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC

hibgymnb wrote: post #385

abalashov wrote: post #377

This is insane. I cannot fathom how I, nor educated and talented people I know, could have possibly stayed in the US back in the day if this requirement had been in place then. Applying for a greencard while working on an H, J or O-class visa is extremely common. Far from a loophole, applying from inside the US is the only reasonable way to apply for a greencard. Depending on the country of origin, there may not even…

It’s intentional malevolence that’s a given from this admin