This policy is a further extension of this administration’s public, explicit and frequently repeated goal of ethnic cleansing. Acting like this is a rational policy response to any real problem is ridiculous.
reply> This policy is some attempt to address flows of quasi-legal immigration.
replyIs it though? This administration doesn't exactly have a track record of decisions based on carefully thought out policy implications.
Yes, I believe so. We have to remember that the previous administration, through executive order, with little public announcement, with no vote from congress, and in direct opposition to the will of most American citizens, slashed the power of the Customs and Border Protection agency leading to an influx of 6+ million illegal immigrants, and only took measures to resolve the crisis at the southern border after about three years when the media started covering it. It's safe to say the current administration doesn't have a monopoly on poorly thought out policies.
reply> Do people migrate to "contribute their skills" to a foreign country, or to improve their lives?
replyI think the two are often linked.
> I don't know if that's necessary to be said, because who thinks that?
Effective January 21, 2026, the Department of State paused all visa issuance to immigrant visa applicants who are nationals of seventy-five countries. The overwhelming majority of the affected countries are not predominantly white and are not European.
You do realize that the overwhelming majority of countries in the world at not predominantly white, do you?
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