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The United States President Donald Trump's proclamation on Wednesday that he favors foreign immigrants coming to the U.S. through a merit-based system as they assist the country meet labor demands, made experts believe that his move might favor Indians.

According to Trump, those meritorious immigrants will prove beneficial for companies that are moving into the U.S. at numbers that nobody has seen in a long time.

As an instance, Trump announced that Foxconn the company that makes Apple laptops and iPhones is setting up a big plant in Wisconsin and would need labor. In that case, Trump said, he will have to let people in but it must go through the merit-based system to 'Make America Great Again'.

Experts say that thousands of Indians are waiting in line for their green card, an overwhelming absolute majority of whom are meritorious. However, because of the country-limit, they have to wait for more than a decade to get legal permanent residency.

Trump's statements and policies concerning immigrants have recently faced much backlash and staunch criticism from all across the world. And recently, 17 American states and the District of Columbia have moved the US District Court in Seattle against Trump for his policy that separated immigrant families. The policy had also faced public disapproval from the First Lady before he finally had to scrap it.

By Sowmya Sangam