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Florida-based Jamaican attorney Wayne Golding
Jamaicans seeking to migrate to the United States with their families are likely to encounter major challenges following the election victory of Donald Trump, according to Florida-based attorney Wayne Golding.
Golding, speaking Sunday on Radio Jamaica's That's a Rap, said a ruling last week by a Trump-appointed Texas judge has delivered a major blow to Jamaicans in the US who are awaiting a pathway to citizenship.
He said the judge rejected a policy proposal by the Biden-administration to offer a pathway to citizenship for people who had been living in the US for years.
More than 500,000 people were set to benefit from this initiative, but according to Golding said, this ruling "has pulled the rug from under those people's feet."
According to Mr Golding, there is a fear that Trump-appointed judges will not offer any protection to migrants under the new Trump administration.
This is only the beginning of the new, hostile policy approach that will be pursued under the new Trump presidency, he warned, adding that the safeguards of the courts can no longer be relied upon to render "a decision that is legal rather than tainted with political... bias."
He warned as well that Jamaicans and their families preparing to migrate under the chain-migration policy will face major challenges taking their children to the United States.
The chain-migration policy has long allowed persons, whose migration to the US is sponsored by siblings already in that country, to have their spouse and children younger than 21 to migrate with them as well.
That category under which many Caribbean migrants have benefited from for "many years" is now under severe threat, he said, noting that it was long opposed by Donald Trump and his policy advisors and enablers.
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