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Posted on 11/01/2017 5:45:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Irish officials have given a cautious response to the proposal by US president Donald Trump to abolish the green card lottery scheme, as the Trump administration continues its clampdown on immigration into the United States.
Revelations that the Uzbek suspect in Tuesday’s attack in New York entered the United States on the visa program prompted Mr. Trump to call for the abolition of the visa lottery system on Wednesday. The green card lottery system is offered to 50,000 people from 160 countries every year. […]
However, the number of Irish who participate in the scheme is relatively low — approximately 160 people are awarded to Irish citizens each year, less than 1 percent of the total allocated across the world. This in turn represents about 10 percent of the 1,600 or so green cards which are awarded to Irish people each year, through different mechanisms, by the United States.
Irish officials in Washington and US special envoy John Deasy have been pressing for a more merit-based system for Irish immigrants into the United States. …
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It’s not a lottery. It’s the Son of Schumer Affirmative Action Program for Terrorists.
I’m of County Cork descent
Truth is Ted Kennedy enacted the law for tons of us and it was not all love yer neighbor but They did want the FREEDOM America offered
rather than the OPRESSION of Britain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-RcDFu-LlE
The perp’s wife is an Uzbek. Looks they married right after the perp came here in 2010. Interesting timing. How did the perp’s wife come to be in the US?
It was Kennedy’s baby
Who cares what Ireland thinks?
The cards were GREEN
Damn Irish! /s
Chilling image of an ISIS flag taken at the exact spot as the New York terror attack appeared online just weeks ago
Hmm?
Islam Hates us and I say we kick their butts again
These aint no Saints
I’m gonna say this about that.
The Irish did not come in on green cards nor did the Chinese
Hell The Viets hate SJW’s
Iriland is full-on commie. What in the hell to you think the IRS is????
IRELAND.
What’s wrong with the regular, established method to obtain permanent residency? Simply to to the nearest US Embassy or a consulate office to receive the application. Complete it and take it back to where you received it, be interviewed and wait as you are vetted and wait for all the approvals - maybe two years, and voila - a green card. The system has worked for years.
I don’t know about today, but the system in force for many years was that Congress approved a certain number of immigrants from each Continent each year, according to what they felt the national needs were. That is much better than a lottery.
Kennedy enacted the bill NOT Schumer
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“As a Member of the House, I helped create this program, which my colleague, Senator Kennedy, created in the Senate in 1990. It had a very simple purpose, and that was this. Our immigration laws were based on family reunification and certain other qualifications, so there were whole ranges of countries from which people could not get visas.”So basically he was Kennedy’s lackey in the House with respect to it. And he is still alive to bear the guilt over it.
Schumer is a smashhole
Look these peckerheads give people Turkeys this
time of year for loyalty
Beats Camel and that’s all you need to know
Not real proud of the Irish but kinda get their drift
They are a little miffed by these NFL prima donnas that think they are the only assholes punked in this world
And for crying out loud if you Islamist are all that, stop yelling so loud! Oh looky me
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