Anastasia Tonello discusses the invisible wall’s impact on legal US immigration
16 May 2019
Through changes in policies and practices, slowing down the process and creating additional obstacles, the Trump administration is reducing legal immigration. The invisible wall has not received the widespread attention given to other policies designed to reduce immigration, but the implications are real and have long term effects for US.
Managing Partner and Head of the US Practice, Anastasia Tonello, discusses in Open Access Government how legal infrastructure has been quietly manipulated to dismantle US immigration. Read the full article here.
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