The Trump administration is ramping up its immigration crackdown in ways that could alter America’s economy for years to come.
In the wake of the deadly shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 28 — and the arrest of suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who worked with the CIA to battle the Taliban in his home country — director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joseph Edlow announced he would begin a “reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern” at Trump’s request (1).
The countries in question, which also