Jennifer de Haro, Managing Attorney at the Refugee and Immigrant Center.for Education and Legal Services (RAICES).

President Donald Trump has taken steps to severely limit immigration into the United States. From the controversial practice of separating parents from children at the border, ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and building a border wall, Trump has made immigration a major policy priority. Consistent with these policies, the administration has cited COVID-19 as another reason to bring various immigration programs to a halt. Three of the major immigration programs, family-based, employment-based and humanitarian-based immigration, have been affected by sweeping changes announced since the pandemic emerged, and immigration practitioners have had to keep pace.