Experts slam Trump for 'halting legal immigration' with planned closure of overseas immigration offices

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Experts slam Trump for 'halting legal immigration' with planned closure of overseas immigration offices
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“It is not consistent with what President Trump said in the State of the Union, which is that he wants immigrants to come here, that he wants them to come here legally,” Mark Hetfield, president of the U.S. refugee assistance organization HIAS said.

Experts have criticized a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to close overseas immigration offices currently assisting foreigners applying for visas to come to the United States legally.

Immigrants wait to take the Oath of Citizenship during a naturalization ceremony at Liberty State Park on October 2, 2018 in Jersey City, New Jersey Drew Angerer/Getty Images Experts argued the change would only make legal immigration more difficult, something the Trump administration has already been accused of doing.

Mark Hetfield, president of the U.S. refugee assistance organization HIAS pointed out that the decision would actually contradict Trump’s promise to make legal immigration easier.

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