Donald Trump said foreign-born college graduates should automatically be authorized to stay and work in the United States — a position once championed by former rival Hillary Clinton and at odds with his usually restrictive stance on immigration.
“What I wanted to do, and what I will do is, you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to be able to stay in this country,” Trump said in an interview on a podcast titled “All-In” released today. A green card is the colloquial term for legal permanent residency.
Trump went on to specify that he would apply the policy to anyone attending a two- or four-year college.