The Trump administration announced a new rule requiring green card applicants to leave the United States during the application process.
The change could force hundreds of thousands of immigrants to leave their jobs and families while applications are processed.
The rule marks another effort by the administration to restrict legal immigration alongside its crackdown on illegal immigration.
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The Trump administration will now require people seeking green cards to leave the United States during the application process — a sweeping change that could upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of people seeking the right to legally and permanently live and work in the US.
