AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump administration launches bond program requiring some immigrants to post up to $250,000
The Trump administration will begin requiring certain prospective immigrants previously flagged as likely public charges to post bonds as high as $250,000 before receiving a U.S. visa, starting with applicants at the American consulate in the Dominican Republic. The pilot program, launched in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security, goes into effect Tuesday morning […] The post Trump administration launches bond program requiring some immigrants to post up to $250,000 appeared first on American Almanac .
The Trump administration will begin requiring certain prospective immigrants previously flagged as likely public charges to post bonds as high as $250,000 before receiving a U.S. visa, starting with applicants at the American consulate in the Dominican Republic. The pilot program, launched in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security, goes into effect Tuesday morning at U.S. consular offices in Santo Domingo. It targets immigrant visa applicants who have already been found ineligible on public charge grounds, meaning a consular officer determined they were likely to rely on taxpayer-funded benefits after arriving in the United States. Under the new policy, those applicants can still obtain a visa, but only after posting a bond…Open