With reports that the Trump administration is barring certain foreign workers in the H1B, H2B, J1 & L1 categories from US entry, we estimate this would keep 219,000 temporary workers out Included in these totals are the spouses and minor children who enter the U.S. as derivatives of the worker's visa

DHS announces it’s expanding the #travelban to would-be immigrants (not temporary visitors) from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria & Myanmar
More narrowly, Sudanese & Tanzanians will be banned from #greencardlottery

⬇️Read on for info on immigrants from the newly banned countries This means nationals from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria & Myanmar seeking a green card to enter the United States will be barred from doing so as long as their countries remain designated under the #travelban

🚨🚨@MigrationPolicy has crunched the numbers: New Trump proclamation banning entry of would-be green card holders who can’t prove they’ll have health insurance coverage within 30 days could exclude 2/3 of future immigrants 1/5 34% of recent (<3 years in US) adults with green cards lack health insurance
Another 31% have publicly funded or subsidized insurance that wouldn't meet Trump proclamation test: Medicaid, or insurance purchased through an ACA exchange eligible for subsidies or tax credits 2/5

The #PublicCharge rule out today may:
🔸Cause immigrants & their US-born kids to withdraw in big numbers from public benefit programs for which they are eligible
🔸Dramatically change future legal immigration flows
🔸Shift policy on access to benefits

migrationpolicy.org/news/through-b… Among other things, the rule gives the administration enormous discretion to deny admission to intending immigrants with incomes or financial assets below 250 percent of the poverty line (about $62,000 for a family of four)