The article is long but what I understand is legal immigration across all categories would be restricted. Good. America is not a hotel for everyone in the world.
Of course Forbes has to throw in that US will suffer labor supply problems and growth problems because Forbes hates Americans.
Trump Officials Now Restricting All Legal Immigration Categories
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2026/08/17/trump-officials-now-restricting-all-legal-immigration-categories/
By Stuart Anderson,
Senior Contributor.
I don't know why these clowns always look to foreigner workers. We have so many unemployed Americans who cannot get a job as companies only want to hire foreigners.
Of course Forbes has to throw in that US will suffer labor supply problems and growth problems because Forbes hates Americans.
Trump Officials Now Restricting All Legal Immigration Categories
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2026/08/17/trump-officials-now-restricting-all-legal-immigration-categories/
By Stuart Anderson,
Senior Contributor.
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Summary
The Trump administration is implementing widespread restrictions on legal immigration, affecting U.S. citizens sponsoring family, employers, and various visa categories like Diversity Visas and refugees. Led by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, these policies include application freezes, a stricter public charge rule and changes affecting DACA recipients. Analysts from the National Foundation for American Policy project a 33% to 50% reduction in legal immigration, totaling 1.5 to 2.4 million people, by the end of Trump's term. This is expected to harm the economy, including a potential labor loss of 19 million worker years by 2028 and a $1.9 trillion reduction in goods and services. Several lawsuits are challenging the measures.
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The Trump administration is restricting all legal immigration categories in an effort to reduce the flow of immigrants to America. The restrictions include freezes by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and State Department officials refusing to process applications abroad. The policies affect U.S. citizens sponsoring spouses, children and other family members to join them in America, as well as employers seeking workers. Analysts note the U.S. economy requires more workers to grow, but the administration's actions reduce the labor supply.
Led by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the chief architect of Donald Trump's immigration agenda, the policies are having a significant impact. "The Trump administration's policies will reduce legal immigration to the United States by an estimated 33% to 50%, or by 1.5 million to 2.4 million legal immigrants, by the end of Donald Trump's four-year term," according to a January 2026 National Foundation for American Policy analysis.
An earlier NFAP report factored in labor contraction due to other immigration policies, including on deportation and ending Temporary Protected Status, and concluded, "Due to fewer workers in the labor force, the Trump administration's immigration policies would lead to a potential labor loss to the U.S. economy of approximately 19 million worker years by 2028 and 102 million worker years by 2035. The policies would reduce the projected cumulative goods and services produced in America by $1.9 trillion, or $5,612 per person, from 2025 to 2028, and by $12.1 trillion, or $34,369 per person, from 2025 to 2035." The analysis found the policies would also reduce economic growth by approximately one-third and increase the federal debt.
I don't know why these clowns always look to foreigner workers. We have so many unemployed Americans who cannot get a job as companies only want to hire foreigners.
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Immigration Restrictions Cut Across Categories
The Trump administration's policies affect all immigration categories. Trump officials have refused to process cases for approximately 55,000 Diversity Visas, a category the administration sought to eliminate during Donald Trump's first term. Instead of trying again to change or abolish the category through legislation, officials have barred anyone from entering or adjusting status as a Diversity Visa winner. Then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem justified suspending the category by citing a shooter at Brown University who gained permanent residence in the Diversity Visa lottery eight years earlier. The individual killed two people at Brown, an MIT professor and himself.
