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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 10:19 AM Aug 2017

Trump, GOP senators to introduce bill to slash legal immigration levels

Source: MSN/Washington Post

President Trump will appear with a pair of conservative Republican senators at the White House on Wednesday to unveil legislation aimed at slashing legal immigration levels over a decade, a goal Trump endorsed on the campaign trail.

Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and David Perdue (Ga.) have been working with the Trump administration to refine a bill they first introduced in February that aims to cut immigration by half from the current level of more than 1 million green cards per year granting foreigners permanent legal residence in the United States. The revised legislation also is expected to put stricter limits on temporary work visas for lower skilled immigrants.

The outlines of the legislation reflect the aims Trump touted on the campaign trail, when he argued that the rapid growth of immigration over the past half century had harmed job opportunities for American workers and led to risks to national security. Trump has met twice at the White House with Cotton and Perdue to discuss the details of their legislation, which is titled the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act.

In a speech last week in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump praised the senators' efforts, calling their legislation a pathway to creating a “merit-based” immigration system.

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-gop-senators-to-introduce-bill-to-slash-legal-immigration-levels/ar-AApiNuU?li=BBnb7Kz



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Trump, GOP senators to introduce bill to slash legal immigration levels (Original Post) TomCADem Aug 2017 OP
Here we go..... awesomerwb1 Aug 2017 #1
So a white-based immigration policy? IronLionZion Aug 2017 #2
D'ya think it will apply to the workers the Trumps want to bring in? keithbvadu2 Aug 2017 #3
Those are temporary visas, like 6 months, and then sent back IronLionZion Aug 2017 #4
So trump, how is it going with all of those jobs being Doreen Aug 2017 #5
Well, there go all the good paying jobs citizens were hoping for. haveahart Aug 2017 #6

awesomerwb1

(4,269 posts)
1. Here we go.....
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 10:26 AM
Aug 2017

when nothing else is working, go after the people of color/immigrants.

Cotton and Perdue.....

IronLionZion

(45,601 posts)
2. So a white-based immigration policy?
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 10:35 AM
Aug 2017

I bet millions of Europeans coming here were perfectly fine throughout history but we better shut the doors to non-whites.

Maybe next they will come up with a brilliant solution for people who were born here but look like immigrants. I'm sure they'd like to repeal my US citizenship.

They'll come for white liberals eventually.

IronLionZion

(45,601 posts)
4. Those are temporary visas, like 6 months, and then sent back
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 12:44 PM
Aug 2017

Trump and his people want to avoid having new American citizens and permanent residents who have too much melanin in their skin. It's a deliberate effort to stop diversity.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
5. So trump, how is it going with all of those jobs being
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 02:04 PM
Aug 2017

filled by all of those people who claimed Hispanics were taking their jobs? Are they working yet now that those jobs are available?

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