Anastasia Tonello warns of the ‘invisible wall’ to US skilled migration

14 May 2018

Managing Partner Anastasia Tonello discusses President Trump’s efforts to create an invisible immigration ‘wall’ around the US. This barrier, while less imposing than the proposed “big, beautiful wall” on the southern border, affects businesses and skilled migrants from London and other commercial centres around the world. Anastasia points out the real impact this will have on the rights of workers and companies wishing to expand business interests in the US or fill essential highly-skilled positions.

In the wake of his failure to adequately deliver his promised clamp down on illegal immigration, has President Trump created a UK-style “hostile environment” that harms immigrants who follow the rules?

Read the full article here.

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