Trump says the measure would make the system more “merit based” for skilled English speakers. He says it would keep out people who will just end up collecting welfare. He provided no information to support his statement.
The legislation is sponsored by Republican Sens. David Purdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton at Arkansas. Both lawmakers joined Trump at the White House on Wednesday, where the president publicly endorsed the bill. His involvement puts him at the center of efforts to overhaul the system of legal immigration.
Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a hallmark of his administration.
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Proverbs 27:22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
I’d like to make a suggestion to TPM: In any piece about proposed legislation, can you please note how many votes are needed to pass the bill? Maybe that isn’t possible until it’s been scored by the CBO. I just think it would be nice to know if it even stands a chance of getting through the Senate.
Let’s keep this a white man’s country, he-ah?
Both Purdue and Cotton would be pleased to admit scads of immigrants if they were granted a special “slave” designation…
Would Trump’s wife Melania have qualified under this proposed criteria? Her language skills are questionable. She was employed in a industry, fashion that did not need more employees. I’m sure we have plenty of fashion models both native and foreign born. Plus she had a child with a learning disability that is a burden to the system and taking away special needs funds from other deserving children.