A plan to weed out potential immigrants likely to need public help, and to deport immigrants already living in the US dependent on help from US taxpayers, is being considered by the Trump administration. This is according to the Washington Post, which claims to have a copy of the draft executive order.
Also under consideration is a second draft order, calling for the system to receive a shakeup in the method of administrating immigrant and non-immigrant US visas by the US. It would aim to give tighter controls on those allowed to enter the country, who can legally work while there, and to cut the cost to US taxpayers of the social services burden.
The drafts are currently in circulation between administration officials, and it is uncertain that President Donald Trump intends to sign them, or when that will happen if he does. The authenticity of the executive orders reported by the Washington Post has been neither confirmed nor denied by the White House, which has refused to respond to queries about the drafts over the last two days.
If the draft executive orders are enacted, it would mean further significant restrictions on all kinds of foreign travel and immigration to the US, expanding the restrictions already put in place by Trump, following his actions last week. The new orders appear to be more concerned with Trump’s election campaign promise to create jobs and protect American workers.