Key facts
- Senator Ruben Gallego is working to repeal a Trump administration policy.
- The policy requires immigrants to apply for green cards from outside the U.S.
- Gallego aims to classify the directive as a rule to use congressional power for repeal.
Senator Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has begun an effort to repeal a directive from the Trump administration that mandated immigrants apply for green cards from outside the United States. Gallego is seeking to have this policy officially classified as a rule. This classification would enable him to use a specific congressional power, the Congressional Review Act, to overturn the policy. The senator has communicated this intention in a letter obtained by The Hill.