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The president unveiled a $1 million "gold card" visa as a pathway to U.S. citizenship for wealthy individuals,
Baude: An executive order is a way for the president to exercise his legal powers, but it is not a source of power in itself. That means that every executive order has to come from some other legal power—like an enacted statute or a provision of the Constitution. An executive order can never stand on its own.
The visa fees are part of Trump's strategy to favor U.S. over foreign-born workers, as part of a larger crackdown on immigration.
Harvard could soon be forced to pay a $100,000 fee for every new worker the University sponsors through the H-1B visa program, part of an executive proclamation signed by President Donald Trump on Friday.
The Trump administration is deepening the role of AI in immigration enforcement, using technology to track migrants and help determine who gets targeted for deportation.