Trump promises permanent residency to college graduate immigrants

Like in a game of chess, former president Donald Trump moves his pieces on the US electoral field and promised to grant automatic permanent residency (green card) to those immigrants who graduate from university.

After the strategy recently put forth by the administration of the current president Joe Biden, which offers the possibility of legalizing spouses of Americans, graduates from local universities, and individuals who entered the country as children, the proposal from the Republican pre-candidate represents a complete turnaround in his stance on the immigration issue.

As a way to ensure another backup route in his eagerness to return to the White House, Trump declared on the "All-In" podcast that "if you graduate from a university, I think you should automatically get, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country."

In the program broadcasted this Thursday, it was added that the project that will be implemented also includes community colleges, "anyone who graduates from a university. You go there for two or four years," stated the EFE news agency.

The measure represents a radical change in his stance, 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, labeling undocumented immigrants 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 assured to deport a larger number of immigrants, whom he blamed for the loss of jobs and the depletion of government resources.

In this way, Trump moves his pieces on the same ground as Joe Biden, who seeks to "promote family unity in the immigration process" with a law that also allows for residency to be processed within the national territory, something that was impossible under the previous regulation.

The new process, which will take into account the time they have lived in the country and whether they do not pose a threat to public safety or national security, will benefit approximately half a million immigrants, including 50,000 stepchildren of U.S. citizens. They will have a three-year period to apply for permanent residence once the authorities review their case and approve their application.