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Trump’s Clarion Call Against Chain Migration Divides Indian Community Down The Middle In US
In 2015, nearly half of Indians who obtained green cards, was through merit, and the remainder fell under the category of family-sponsored green cards and immediate relatives of U.S. citizens
In 1985, shortly after getting married, Gurpreet Gill came to the United States to live with her husband, a U.S. citizen, and his family. After she obtained citizenship, she brought her mother, who in turn sponsored green cards for her three sons, Gill’s brothers. Unable to survive on one salary, Gill had to work nightshifts to supplement her husband’s income, and she left her infant children to the care of her mother.