Donald Trump promises permanent residency for all foreign students
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Presidential wannabe Donald Trump has turned into an open-borders immigration nut, promising to automatically hand permanent residency to any foreign student who studies in the United States, even at lower-quality junior colleges:
2016 Trump: “I will end forever the use of the H-1B as a cheap labor program, and institute an absolute requirement to hire American workers first.”
2024 Trump: “I promise to staple a Green Card to anyone who graduates from ANY college, even 2-yr community colleges.”
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.