Friday, December 9, 2022

China Benefits If Congress Rearranges Deck Chairs of Legal Immigration as Southern Border Burns

 Key Takeaways

  • HR 3648 would upend the nation's legal immigration system while benefiting China and inviting an immediate, immeasurable influx of new applicants
  • The bill would provide green cards to those who have been waiting for their bite at the apple simply by being in line, not by earning it
  • This bill is not a move toward merit-based immigration.
  • It is irresponsible for Congress to be focusing on immigration issues while ignoring the border crisis and the Biden administration’s design to end the crisis
  • The House is about to debate a wrongheaded bill that is touted simply as a mechanism to speed up the availability of green cards for certain employment-based applicants. But the bill, HR 3648, actually would upend the nation’s legal immigration system while benefiting China and inviting an immediate, immeasurable influx of new applicants to overwhelm the process. Of course, Congress has yet to secure our southern border during the worst crisis of illegal immigration in our history. Beyond ignoring the spiraling border crisis, this legislation is ill-advised because it would create significant national security risks.

https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/china-benefits-if-congress-rearranges-deck-chairs-legal-immigration-southern

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