Trump Limits Pathways to Legal Status for Immigrants

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🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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President Trump has said he supports “legal” immigration, but his administration has dismantled or limited pathways for immigrants to attain legal status. Visa programs including the diversity lottery are on hiatus. Citizenship ceremonies have been canceled. Wait times for green card approvals are stretching longer. We’ll talk about the Trump Administration’s moves to limit immigration and what pathways remain. Guests: Jennifer Chacón, professor, Stanford Law School Julia Gelatt, associate director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.7	For as long as I can remember, there was a certain narrative about immigrants to the United States. Both political parties tended to demonize so-called illegal immigrants, regardless
0:51.7	of how they found themselves undocumented in this country.
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1:01.0	or other family situation, there was a broad narrative that, and people always seem to use these exact words,
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