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Isn’t this still part of the hostile environment policy. The harsh and insensitive way that migrants and minorities are treated by UK visas at the Home Office continues. The Boris Johnson Government seems to think that we should just trust the State. The State does many things that are unlawful and at times encourages abusive and discriminatory
The automatic assumption by Trump that immigration is bad is wrong. Many would say that Donald Trump is a bit of a hypocrite.
Under the new UK Tier 2 visa points system from next year there will be winners and losers. Some occupations are to be added and others removed. One change that will be welcome to many is that you will no longer need to do the Resident Labour Market Test. The problem remains that the new points system cannot deal with the shortages
In this case, it seems to be just a coincidence that Nigeria has been omitted from the Green Card Lottery at a time when Trump has targeted the country for visa restrictions. It would have happened anyway it seems. Nigeria has been excluded because over 50,000 Nigerians have been issued green cards over the last five years. If a country exceeds this number the
This scheme puts an unnecessary burden on landlords. It seems to be part of the harsh “hostile environment” policy. Its understandable that many people wish to see this system scrapped.
Yet more litigation relating to US visas. Much of the time the Trump administration loses court battles over immigration legislation, but not always. One of the big issues is that Presidents have difficulty passing US visa legislation through both Houses of Congress. Presidents including Obama find other ways of trying to change policies on visas.