In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Posted on 08/10/2017 7:50:28 PM PDT by HokieMom
Americans generally favor a more selective legal immigration system that would reward those who speak English and those who bring desired skills to the U.S., according to a new poll released Wednesday that could boost the new immigration bill President Trump is backing.
The Morning Consult/Politico poll found 62 percent support for giving would-be immigrants who can speak English a leg up, and found 61 percent support for creating a point-based system to select new employer-based immigrants.
Some 54 percent also said they want the government to weigh an immigrant’s need for taxpayer assistance in deciding whether to admit someone.
Cutting the actual total number of legal immigrants from 1.1 million a year to about 500,000 a year is more controversial, with a plurality of 48 percent supporting it and 39 percent opposing it.
Those are all parts of a new bill introduced by GOP Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia, known as the RAISE Act. Mr. Trump embraced the bill at a White House ceremony last week.
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In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Let’s see if any journalists ask the amnesty crowd if they are “betraying” the American people.
We still have journalists in America?
Seriously.
The citizens have been clamoring for an end to the flood of foreigners.
Both parties want to import new constituencies.
With all due respect, legal immigrants aren’t nearly as much of a problem as illegal ones. Perhaps this bill will benefit Americans but the focus should be to abolish the constraints that hold down native (little “n”) Americans. Trump has made some progress in this respect.
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