Kushner Presents Plan That Protects Current Levels Of Legal Immigration

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 23: Senior advisor to the President of the United States, Jared Kushner, stands on stage at the TIME 100 Summit on April 23, 2019 in New York City. The day-long TIME 100 Summit showcases th... NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 23: Senior advisor to the President of the United States, Jared Kushner, stands on stage at the TIME 100 Summit on April 23, 2019 in New York City. The day-long TIME 100 Summit showcases the annual TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner presented Republican senators with an immigration plan that would increase border security while also maintaining the current level of legal immigrants in the country, Politico reported.

Kushner has been quietly working on the plan for months and told lawmakers Tuesday that he believes he has the support of President Trump and some of the more conservative members of the administration, despite the president’s past calls to significantly cut legal immigration. Kushner reportedly crafted the plan in hopes of giving Trump solid immigration policy to stand on as he heads into 2020.

The plan will focus on expanding merit-based immigration policy, giving priority to high-skilled workers who want to come to the U.S.

“The number one goal in that is to make sure that we’re not bring in low-skilled labor,” a White House official told Politico.

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  1. “The number one goal in that is to make sure that we’re not bring in low-skilled labor,"

    Except for Trump business.

  2. we want to make sure that russian orphans always have a path to citizenship.

  3. First he obtains peace in the Middle East, now he’s going to solve all the immigration problems. This guy is a non-stop wonder.

  4. "giving Trump solid immigration policy to stand on "

    You do realize he didn’t win by policy, don’t you?

  5. FIFY.

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