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US Green Card doesn't assure permanent residency; you can still be deported

Even documented immigrants may be deported if they misuse state schemes that provide them public benefits; they can be expelled if they've been outside US for over 180 days without special permission

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Ajay Sharma
With Donald Trump coming to power in the United States, things have become harder for those seeking to move permanently to the US, and even for those living in there with a valid Permanent Resident Visa.

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will make the Department of Homeland Security's controls tighter on immigrants, in the process affecting not only unlisted outsiders, but lawful immigrants as well. The latter stand to lose their immigration welfare and status.

In the Trump age, a Green Card is no more a guarantee that an immigrant will not be exiled from the country. As per the information

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