Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 13

Replace the J-1 visa with an inner-city resume bank

Never delivered
“[paraphrase] We will replace the J-1 visa jobs program for foreign youth with a resume bank for inner-city youth.”
Promised
, Campaign immigration position paper
Re-promised
2 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Immigration
Era
2016 campaign

What happened

The J-1 exchange visitor program was not replaced. A June 2020 proclamation temporarily suspended some J-1 categories during the pandemic, but no inner-city resume bank was created. PolitiFact rated the promise broken.

Sources

  1. Replace J-1 visa with inner city resume bank PolitiFact Trump-O-Meter, Jul 15, 2020