Not about India: Rubio says new US Green Card policy is meant to fix system

Key Takeaways

• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday defended Washington’s new immigration policy requiring many migrants already living legally in the United States to leave the country and apply for permanent residency or green card from their home country, asserting that the move was a global reform measure and “not about India”.
• Rubio, in an interview with NDTV after holding talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, said that the policy was part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to overhaul the US immigration system after what he described as a “serious migratory crisis”.
• Read Full Story “Well, it’s not about India.
• It’s about the whole world,” Rubio said.
• “The United States has taken a decision that it needs to streamline and improve our system of immigration.” "The fact of the matter is, and I think every country would understand it, again, this is not about India.