Cato Institute: “Today, the Trump administration made public two new rules limiting legal immigration: one, a massive overhaul of the international student visa system; the other, a rewrite of the public charge ground of inadmissibility that will primarily hit relatives of US citizens—overwhelmingly their spouses and minor children.  As I have detailed, Trump had already cut legal immigration far more than illegal immigration—2.5 times as much. These two rules will exacerbate that trend. Neither targets anyone who crossed the border illegally. Both target people who did exactly what the law asked of them…Neither of these rules touches anyone who crossed the border illegally. One targets people who already followed every rule to get a student visa and simply want the same academic flexibility every American student has. The other targets people whose only “offense” is being related to a US citizen and not being wealthy enough to satisfy an undefined, unappealable, after-the-fact judgment call by a single officer. These rules highlight that the administration’s focus is not on reducing illegal immigration. It is also about making legal immigration illegal. Immigrants are good for government budgets and our prosperity, increasing our productivity through innovation, entrepreneurship, and work. There is no reason to adopt these harmful, ill-conceived rules. Congress should intervene to prevent them from taking effect.”