One good indication of the headwinds that President Donald Trump's new legal immigration plan will face is that he keeps unveiling it without actually spelling out its details.
One central detail we do know is that he proposes to increase the percentage of green cards given on the basis of jobs skills - from 12% to 57%. To keep the overall legal immigration approximately where it is, family-sponsored immigration would be significantly curtailed, from 66% to 33%.There's a reason Trump left so much out of his proposal.
Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush help naturalize new U.S. citizens in Dallas on March 18, 2019.President's immigration road map has a big flaw.
For decades, Congress has been a graveyard for bills to change legal immigration policy.
Part of its death can be attributed to the fact that it was included in a massive measure involving illegal immigration as well as legal immigration provisions.
Opposition from immigrant voters to the portions dealing with legal immigration was strong.
Trump deserves credit for ignoring the calls of anti-immigration groups who wanted to see an overall decline in immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/21/donald-trump-immigration-plan-focus-doable-congress-editorials-debates/3734639002/
One central detail we do know is that he proposes to increase the percentage of green cards given on the basis of jobs skills - from 12% to 57%. To keep the overall legal immigration approximately where it is, family-sponsored immigration would be significantly curtailed, from 66% to 33%.There's a reason Trump left so much out of his proposal.
Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush help naturalize new U.S. citizens in Dallas on March 18, 2019.President's immigration road map has a big flaw.
For decades, Congress has been a graveyard for bills to change legal immigration policy.
Part of its death can be attributed to the fact that it was included in a massive measure involving illegal immigration as well as legal immigration provisions.
Opposition from immigrant voters to the portions dealing with legal immigration was strong.
Trump deserves credit for ignoring the calls of anti-immigration groups who wanted to see an overall decline in immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/21/donald-trump-immigration-plan-focus-doable-congress-editorials-debates/3734639002/
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