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or greater than the prevailing the United States. This law reject- to the US. The Trump adminis- from obtaining immigration visas
wage in the occupation through ed George Washington’s view that tration through Stephen Miller is will be a lost opportunity for the
which they have been spon- the United States should ever be achieving a ban on immigration United States. The narrow mind-
sored or through an investment “an asylum to the oppressed and without needing to go through ed thinking of Trump’s main immi-
in the amount of $800,000 to the needy of the earth.” legislation similar to the National gration policy architect, Stephen
$1,050,000. The State Department’s pause Origins Act of 1924. It is doing so Miller, prevents him from seeing
The American Immigration on immigrant visas to nationals through executive fiat pursuant to how these immigrants would con-
Council has stated in a blog post of 75 countries under the pretext INA 212(f), which allows the pres- tribute to the US through their
that after obtaining a green card, that they will receive public ben- ident to suspend the entry of non- achievements in science, business,
eligible immigrants are subject to a efits is a lie. The real reason for citizens who he deems would be arts and many other fields of en-
five-year waiting period before they the pause, which follows a travel detrimental to the United States. deavor as well as through their de-
may apply for SNAP (food stamps) ban on nationals of 39 countries, is The Trump administration’s sire to work hard to better them-

assistance, with limited exceptions. to drastically restrict immigration blocking of nearly half the world selves and their families.
The real reason for the pause ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
is because the Trump adminis-
tration disfavors immigration to Cyrus D. Mehta, a graduate of Cambridge University and Columbia Law School, is the Managing Partner of Cyrus D. Mehta
the United States, irrespective & Partners PLLC in New York City. Mr. Mehta is a member of AILA’s Administrative Litigation Task Force; AILA’s EB-5 Com-
of whether it is legal or illegal. mittee; former chair of AILA’s Ethics Committee; special counsel on immigration matters to the Departmental Disciplinary
Trump’s senior policy advisor in Committee, Appellate Division, First Department, New York; member of the ABA Commission on Immigration; board member
the White House, Stephen Miller, of Volunteers for Legal Services and board member of New York Immigration Coalition. Mr. Mehta is the former chair of the
has demonstrated xenophobic and Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council and former chair of the Committee on Immigration and Nationality
racist views towards immigrants. Law of the New York City Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker and writer on various immigration-related issues, including
He has admired the National on ethics, and is also an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he teaches a course entitled Immigration and
Origins Act of 1924, which provid-
ed for an annual limit of 150,000 Work. Mr. Mehta received the AILA 2018 Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for advancing the practice of immigration law
Europeans, a complete prohibi- and the AILA 2011 Michael Maggio Memorial Award for his outstanding efforts in providing pro bono representation in the
tion on Japanese immigration and immigration field. He has also received two AILA Presidential Commendations in 2010 and 2016. Mr. Mehta is ranked among
which preserved the already exist- the most highly regarded lawyers in North America by Who’s Who Legal – Corporate Immigration Law 2019 and is also ranked
ing racial and ethnic status quo of in Chambers USA and Chambers Global 2019 in immigration law, among other rankings.

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