{"id":207,"date":"2026-05-26T10:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:04:46","slug":"trump-administration-will-make-green-card-hopefuls-return-to-home-countries-before-applying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northcarolinamovingjournal.com\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration will make green card hopefuls return to home countries before applying"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Immigrants seeking green cards will have to return first to their home countries and wait despite years of potential backlogs, the Trump administration <\/span>announced<\/span> Friday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAn alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply,\u201d Zach Kahler, a spokesperson for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said <\/span>in a statement<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The change would apply to workers on temporary visas, as well as to people living here illegally but hoping for legal status through sponsorship by relatives such as spouses or children who are U.S. citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n

The immigration advocacy group <\/span>FWD.us<\/span> said the new policy \u201cwill create chaos and impose massive costs on immigrants who have lived and worked legally in the United States for many years\u201d in a statement to Stateline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Federal immigration raids in Raleigh impact one of the city\u2019s largest projects<\/p><\/blockquote>\n