United States Immigration Policies in the Trump Era

Abstract

This paper examines U.S. immigration policies in the Trump era. By 2017, \nthere were over 250 million international migrants in nations across the world. \nThe world has progressed substantially primarily due to this phenomenon. The \nGDP of the world increased from $22.6 trillion in 1990 to $80.738 trillion in \n2017. The number of billionaires in the world increased from 140 in 1987 to 2153 \nin March 2019. The number of millionaires in the world in 2017 was 42.155 \nmillion. The paper claims that the United States has played an important \nleadership role in not just hosting the largest share of international \nmigrants, but it has also encouraged other wealthy nations to accept more \nimmigrants. The paper points out, however, that all of this progress is now \nbeing undermined by President Donald Trump and his administration by \nimplementing immigration policies that are sharply reducing the number of \nimmigrants entering the United States during his presidency and also calling \nfor European nations to sharply reduce immigration. Immigrant \nand non-immigrant visas to the United States have all experienced a sharp \ndecline during the Trump presidency. Among \nthe causes of international migration are, fleeing violence, family \nreunification, education, and job/employment. Among the implications of the \nTrump administration’s immigration policies are loss of skilled immigrants, decline in \nU.S. innovation, decline in the U.S. \neconomy, negative effects of family separation, and the stagnation or decline \nof the U.S. population.