Trump admin walks back green card memo as Asian backlogs loom

Nearly 1.5 million Asian immigrants are reportedly in family-based green card backlogs, with some categories for India and the Philippines facing waits approaching or exceeding two decades.

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The Trump administration is downplaying a new green card policy memo that immigration advocates warn could push hundreds of thousands of applicants, many of them Asian, to pursue permanent residency from abroad.

Memo prompts walkback

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued the memo May 21 ordering officers to treat in-…