The decline is most acute in Central Asia, where legal entry fell 99%, and across African and Muslim-majority countries, which saw drops of about 90%. Other visa categories including H-4 dependents and H-2B seasonal workers fell 81% and 80% respectively, while F-1 students declined 41%. Conversely, legal immigration from Canada rose 142%, Mexico grew 17%, and H-2A agricultural visas increased 8%. These changes, implemented via executive action, return US immigration to levels not seen since the 1920s.
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H-1B visas for Indian nationals plummeted from 13,749 to 1,625 in February, with India accounting for 93% of the worldwide decline in that visa category. The State Department has since announced that the Trump administration has revoked more than 300,000 visas since the president took office last year. Overall legal immigration to the US dropped 50% under new restrictions, marking the sharpest contraction since the Great Depression, excluding the COVID-19 pandemic.
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