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PolitiFact

The Truth About Chain Migration

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman
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After a comment regarding chain migration in President Trump’s State of the Union speech drew boos from the crowd, some began to ask if the comment was actually true. In a PolitiFact article, Maxwell immigration expert Elizabeth Cohen talks about the comment and whether it has factual basis. Her response was clear.

“This idea that an immigrant receives a visa and all of a sudden five or 10 close and distant relatives are being pulled in on a chain is completely unrepresentative of how our immigration system actually works,” Cohen says.

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