Trump Administration May Bail on DACA

Lil Mike · Jul 13, 2017

Looks like the administration may not have to do anything to get rid of DACA.

Immigration Shocker: Trump Administration May Bail on DACA

Facing the threat of a lawsuit from Texas and eight other states, the Trump administration indicated Wednesday that it may decline to defend DACA in court, a move that would likely result in the end of the program that granted amnesty to illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. when they were children.

But my favorite line from the article:

The Washington Post reports that one member of Congress who was in the meeting with Kelly on Wednesday, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), was visibly shaken afterwards, saying, "Jeff Sessions is going to say, 'Deport them.' If you're going to count on Jeff Sessions to save DACA, then DACA is ended."

waltky · Aug 3, 2017

Green card rules to be updated...

Trump Endorses Bill to Limit Green Card Immigration
August 03, 2017 — President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed a measure to dramatically reduce the number of low-skilled immigrants admitted to the United States and introduce a merit-based points system.

The RAISE (Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy) Act would limit the number of permanent residence permits, or green cards, to half a million a year. The current level is 1 million. The points system would let would-be residents' ability to speak English and earn a living be taken into account when their green card applications are considered.

Campaign promise

With the bill's sponsors, Republican Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia, by his side, Trump hailed the measure as another step toward fulfilling his campaign promise to put America first. He called it "the most significant reform to our immigration system in a half century." "As a candidate I campaigned on creating a merit-based immigration system that protects U.S. workers and taxpayers, and that is why we are here today," Trump said. "This legislation will not only restore our competitive edge in the 21st century, but it will restore the sacred bonds of trust between America and its citizens," he said. "This legislation demonstrates our compassion for struggling American families who deserve an immigration system that puts their needs first and that puts America first."

Green card holders attend a citizenship clinic in Rockville, Maryland.

Cotton and Perdue argue that the "generation-long influx of low-skilled immigrants has been a major factor in the downward pressure on the wages of working Americans." "The current system doesn't work," Perdue said. "We need a new approach. We need to fix this immigration system." He noted that the bill was based on laws that are working well in other countries with large immigrant populations. "What we're introducing today is modeled on the current Canadian and Australian systems — it's pro-worker, pro-growth, and it's been proven to work. Both have been extremely successful in attracting highly skilled workers to those countries."

Senior White House official Stephen Miller, briefing reporters Wednesday, said the current immigration system has promoted a shift in wealth from the working class to wealthier corporations and businesses. "It has been very unfair for American workers, but especially for immigrant workers, African-American workers and Hispanic workers," he said. Miller, describing green cards as "the golden ticket to U.S. immigration," said the bill mandates several major changes. Among the most significant is elimination of "chain migration," which allows green card holders to bring in a large number of family members, who in turn can bring in more relatives in a chainlike series, he said.

The White House event was designed to encourage support for the bill, which had been getting little attention on Capitol Hill. The Republican leadership has shown little inclination to vote on immigration this year. One key Republican, Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, tweeted Wednesday that while he supported the idea of merit-based immigration, "if [the] proposal were to become law, [it would be] devastating to [South Carolina's] economy, which relies on this immigrant workforce."

'A nation of immigrants'
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Text of President Donald Trump's Bill on Merit-based Immigration System
August 02, 2017 | PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BACKS RAISE ACT - Bill will create a merit-based immigration system that protects our workers, our taxpayers, and our economy

A SURGE IN UNSKILLED IMMIGRATION: For decades, low-skilled and unskilled immigration into the United States has surged, depressing wages and harming America’s most vulnerable citizens. Our system does not prioritize the most highly skilled immigrants—just 1 out of every 15 immigrants to the United States comes here because of their skills. On average, 1 million immigrants are accepted into the United States for legal permanent residency annually, and most of them are low or unskilled workers. This influx is the equivalent of adding more than the population of San Francisco to the country every year.

More than 50 percent of all immigrant households receive welfare benefits, compared to only 30 percent of native households in the United States that receive welfare benefits. Immigrants with a college education or higher are, on average, less likely to be welfare recipients than those without the same degree of education. Since 1979, Americans with a high school diploma or less have seen their real hourly wages decline. American workers without a high school diploma have seen their real hourly wages fall by 17 percent.

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THE RAISE ACT PUTS AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST: President Donald J. Trump supports the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act to prioritize immigrants based on the skills they bring to our Nation while safeguarding the jobs of American workers. The RAISE Act replaces the current permanent employment-visa framework with a skills-based system that rewards applicants based on their individual merits. The system rewards education, English-language ability, high-paying job offers, past achievements, and entrepreneurial initiative. This system is similar to the merit-based immigration systems used by Canada and Australia.

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Legalist Law · Oct 9, 2017

D.A.C.A. registrants...consider legal immigration to Canada.
Do not wait until the Republican and Democrats play politics with your future.
Canada is a wonderful place to live, maybe a bit cold in winter but people with open arms and warm hearts.

Lil Mike · Oct 9, 2017

Legalist Law said: ↑

D.A.C.A. registrants...consider legal immigration to Canada.
Do not wait until the Republican and Democrats play politics with your future.
Canada is a wonderful place to live, maybe a bit cold in winter but people with open arms and warm hearts.
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I second that! All DACA recipients, flee to Canada now! It's your only hope of being sent back to your home country!

AlifQadr · Oct 12, 2017

DoJ warns sanctuary cities.

The Justice Department says the cities are specifically violating the federal statute called 8 U.S.C. 1373. That law says local governments “may not prohibit, or in any way restrict” the delivery of information about “the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual” to federal immigration authorities.
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All I have to say about this is . . . ICE, ICE Baby

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