Ledger · 2024 campaign · № 196
Automatic green cards for foreign graduates of U.S. colleges
Broken“What I want 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.”
- Promised
- , 'All-In' podcast interview
- Topic
- Immigration
- Era
- 2024 campaign
What happened
The campaign walked the pledge back within hours, and in office the administration moved the opposite direction — restricting student visas, raising H-1B fees and tightening OPT. PolitiFact rated the promise Promise Broken in its January 2026 review; no graduate has received a green card by virtue of a U.S. diploma.