Earl (05-18-2019), Granule (05-17-2019), Grokmaster (05-17-2019), Life is Golden (05-17-2019), Stretch (05-16-2019), Tkaffen (05-16-2019)
President Donald Trump on Thursday formally rolled out his proposal to overhaul the country's approach to immigration, saying the U.S. must prioritize younger and highly educated immigrants to "contribute more to our social safety net" and "restore the integrity of our broken asylum system."
Trump also said the U.S. should crack down on asylum seekers, as migrant caravans continue to flow from Central America.
Immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship legally should also be held to a strict, point-based merit standard, Trump said. Under his plan, the younger and more educated a person is, the more likely they are to have their applications approved. Points would also be added for having a "valuable skill, an offer of employment, an advanced education or a plan to create jobs."Unfortunately, legitimate asylum seekers are being displaced by those lodging frivolous claims," Trump said in a Rose Garden speech. "My plan expedites relief for legitimate asylum seekers by screening out the merit-less claims. If you have a proper claim, you will quickly be admitted. If you don't, you will promptly be returned home."
Immigrants would have to prove they're financially self-sufficient, learn English, and pass a civics exam prior to entry into the country.
This plan would not change the overall number of immigrants allowed in the U.S. legally — only attempt to change the composition of immigration. It also wouldn't address the illegal immigration population currently in the United States, an issue Trump has controversially railed about for years.
Also within his speech, Trump touched on the issue of security at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the immigration proposal would ensure investment in technology that would "scan 100 percent of everything coming through." This would largely be funded, he said, by fees and revenue generated at the border
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...policy-1329380
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Trump don't want it passed, he don't give a rat's ass about immigration other than it is one of his key issues which he wants to keep alive till 2020, which is kinda ironic given he didn't do well with it 2018
A leader who wants to seriously address a problem doesn't introduce his proposal and concurrently take the time to insult the very people he needs to support his proposal
It's dead and Trump wants it dead
Port Tack (05-17-2019)
Would the latest mrs drumpf qualify???
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
Why introduce merit based immigrants to our decidedly nepotistic plutocracy? We'll just corrupt these good immigrants.
I think a big merit would be that one would come to America with the ability to speak English, open a bank account with a year's worth of potential living expenses already covered, ability to pay for their own shelter, proof of being gainfully employed and/or not living off of American taxpayers. That's the way it is in most other countries.
Abortion rights dogma can obscure human reason & harden the human heart so much that the same person who feels
empathy for animal suffering can lack compassion for unborn children who experience lethal violence and excruciating
pain in abortion.
Unborn animals are protected in their nesting places, humans are not. To abort something is to end something
which has begun. To abort life is to end it.
anonymoose (05-17-2019), Bill (05-16-2019)
We're so lax here. I posted a list of countries all around the world in here a few months ago with
all these requirements one must meet prior to being allowed to move in. I was amazed at
at the hard line rules they had. I mean they do background checks on you, credit checks,
legal and criminal checks. They require the exact address of where you'll be living
and how much your rent/mortgage will be.
They want to know just who the heck you ARE before you waltz in there.
Abortion rights dogma can obscure human reason & harden the human heart so much that the same person who feels
empathy for animal suffering can lack compassion for unborn children who experience lethal violence and excruciating
pain in abortion.
Unborn animals are protected in their nesting places, humans are not. To abort something is to end something
which has begun. To abort life is to end it.
Sailor (05-17-2019)
My father came here as an unemployed 16 year old boy with a scholarship to study violin, and with no prospect for a job.
My grandmother, aunt, and cousins fled communist oppression without any real job skills, and with something like 50 dollars in their pocket,
If you and your president had your way, my relatives probably would have been shut out of North America and the United States in favor of some skilled workers from your Aryan Master Race.
christiefan915 (05-17-2019)
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