Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
The Trump administration announced last Friday that US visa holders who want a green card must first return to their home countries and apply from there, “except in extraordinary circumstances.”
On its face, this rule — which was officially promulgated in a memo from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) — would upend America’s immigration system and the lives of hundreds of thousands of US residents.
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