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Like in a game of chess, former President Donald Trump is maneuvering his pieces on the U.S. electoral field and has promised to grant automatic permanent residency (green card) to immigrants who graduate from college.
Following the strategy recently put forth by the administration of current President Joe Biden, which offers the possibility to regularize the spouses of American citizens, graduates from local universities, and those who entered the country as children, the proposal from the Republican presidential candidate represents a complete 180-degree shift in his stance on the migration phenomenon.
As a way to secure an alternative route back to the White House, Trump stated on the podcast "All-In" that "if you graduate from a university, I believe you should automatically receive, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country."
In the program broadcast this Thursday, it was added that the project being implemented also includes community higher education institutions, "anyone who graduates from a university can go there for two or four years," noted the EFE agency.
The measure represents a radical shift in his position, considering that he has been one of the main critics of the programs implemented by Biden and that during his administration (2017-2021), he maintained a hardline policy and labeled undocumented individuals as criminals and rapists.
With the promise to address this issue from the first day of his term, the Republican took a step back in his statements when he claimed he would deport a larger number of immigrants, whom he believed were responsible for job losses and the depletion of government resources.
In this way, Trump positions himself on the same ground as Joe Biden, who seeks to "promote family unity in the immigration process" with a law that also allows the processing of residency within the country, something that was impossible under the previous regulations.
The new process, which will take into account how long they have lived in the country and whether they pose a threat to public or national security, will benefit nearly half a million migrants, including 50,000 stepchildren of U.S. citizens. They will have a period of three years to apply for permanent residency, once the authorities review their case and approve their application.
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