This is the same pattern we see again and again (see also, Jewish refugees before WWII, Iraq War military translators).
1. US govt promises visa spots to particular group.
2. US govt uses administrative burdens to make it nearly impossible for groups to redeem the promise.
1. US govt promises visa spots to particular group.
2. US govt uses administrative burdens to make it nearly impossible for groups to redeem the promise.
https://twitter.com/DLind/status/1339623826037108749
Step 1. Increase learning costs by failing to inform the population they are eligible for visas. Then provide contradictory directives so people are unsure what they need to do to apply. 
Step 2. Impose high compliance costs. $1000 fee. Limit acceptable documentation to one that is hard to get: A current passport from a country you have not been to for years, which requires travel during a pandemic.
Reject if people fail to fill in a non-relevant blanks on a form
Reject if people fail to fill in a non-relevant blanks on a form
Any immigration lawyer, or student of administrative burden knows these tricks, and knows their intended outcome, which is to subvert the intent of the law. The President takes an oath that the laws be faithfully executed, rather than frustrated as they are here.
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