Senators Tom CottonĀ (R-Ark.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) unveiled a new plan for legal immigration today along with President Donald Trump. He met with the senators in March and came up with the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act, or RAISE.
This legislation would limit refugees per year to 50,000, end preferential green card treatment for extended family and grown children, and stop the reportedly fraudulent diversity lottery put in place by the State Department.
Trump said in White House press release:
"For decades, the United States was operated and has operated a very low-skilled immigration system, issuing record numbers of Green Cards to low-wage immigrants. Ā This policy has placed substantial pressure on American workers, taxpayers and community resources. Ā Among those hit the hardest in recent years have been immigrants and, very importantly, minority workers competing for jobs against brand-new arrivals. Ā And it has not been fair to our people, to our citizens, to our workers."
Points toward receiving a work visa will be awarded to applicants based on demonstrable skills, the ability to support self and family, and familiarity with the English language.
It was the English language part that threw CNNās Jim Acosta, who quoted the poem on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty and said, āIt doesn't say anything about speaking English orĀ be a computer programmer."
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said, āRight now, itās a requirement that to be naturalized you have to speak English. So the notion that speaking English wouldn't be a part of an immigrationĀ system would actually be very ahistorical.ā
When Acosta asked, āAre we just going to bring in people from Great Britain and Australia?āĀ Miller responded, āI have to say, I am shocked at your statement that you think that only people from Great Britain and Australia would know English. It reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shockingĀ degree.ā
Chris Salcedo remarked on todayās āChris Salcedo Showā that Jim Acosta has again āmade himself the story as if heās some sort of policy maker.ā
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