Since its inception in January 2017, the Trump Administration proposed and implemented a wide range of reforms, purportedly to fix our broken immigration system. Many of these reforms have been focused heavily on national security and enforcement but have had little positive impact on resolving some long-standing challenges experienced by those who are attempting to legally immigrate to the United States. In reality, these “reforms” have curtailed legal immigration, ultimately resulting in hardships to families.

While many are familiar with the Travel Ban, Extreme Vetting, and Border Wall initiatives, there are other reforms that are insidious in the ways they undermine families. We discuss some of these challenges below and how they impact families in the United States.

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