Riley Gaines is a former NCAA swimmer. activist For female athletes, it's a celebration of President Donald Trump's reversal of the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for legal immigrants.
“My family has been stonewalled by the Biden administration for the last three years,” Gaines told Fox News Digital.
“I was blackmailed for three years. My husband's health was threatened for his chance at a green card. In the first 48 hours of Trump's administration, he removed unjust barriers that were holding families like mine back. ” she continued. He is cracking down on illegal immigration while also making legal immigration more streamlined and attainable for skilled, hard-working, tax-paying people like my husband who love America. Promises made and promises kept. ”
Gaines also said the family spent about $15,000 in fees, applications and attorney fees and had to start the process over and over again.
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Riley Gaines attends the DailyWire+ Red Carpet Premiere of 'Lady Ballers' held in Nashville, Tennessee on November 29, 2023. (Jason Davis/Getty Images for Bentkey Ventures)
“Under President Biden, no one in the federal government has been able to point us in the right direction,” Gaines added. “One viral tweet got into the right ears of the Trump administration and they were able to fix this problem virtually overnight.”
She also praised the policy change regarding X.
“Big news,” Gaines wrote. “Following the tweet below, USCIS has rescinded its COVID-19 vaccination requirement for legal immigrants.” No. Promises were made and promises kept. Thank you, @realDonaldTrump. ”
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a statement. announcement Starting Wednesday, the United States will no longer require legal immigrants to be vaccinated against the coronavirus and will no longer offer citizenship to legal immigrants who do not provide documentation that they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
On October 14, 2021, the Biden administration Required All applicants for citizenship must be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of citizenship.
Gaines said in November that her husband was unable to get a green card because he did not want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, even though he immigrated to the United States from England six years ago.
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Riley Gaines speaks at Penn State University. (Riley Gaines)
“My husband moved to the United States from England six years ago to go to college. We got married two and a half years ago. He doesn't have a green card yet,” Gaines said on “X.” Because they don't get the vaccine. They don't have it.” Instead of forcing the jab on illegal immigrants, force the jab only on legal immigrants. ”
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