I think it could pass the House, but with so many Republican squishes in the Senate, I don't know what its prospects would be there. I do know it would take us back to an earlier era when our immigration policy was designed to benefit the US and not socially engineer the country, Teddy Kennedy style.
The 1965 Immigration Act was JFK’s baby, passed on his death.
JFK ran on a platform of chain migration in his 1960 race.
This is the democrat party platform that JFK ran on in 1960.
Immigration:
We shall adjust our immigration, nationality and refugee policies to eliminate discrimination and to enable members of scattered families abroad to be united with relatives already in our midst.
The national-origins quota system of limiting immigration contradicts the rounding principles of this nation. It is inconsistent with our belief in the rights of man. This system was instituted after World War I as a policy of deliberate discrimination by a Republican Administration and Congress.
The revision of immigration and nationality laws we seek will implement our belief that enlightened immigration, naturalization and refugee policies and humane administration of them are important aspects of our foreign policy.
These laws will bring greater skills to our land, reunite families, permit the United States to meet its fair share of world programs of rescue and rehabilitation, and take advantage of immigration as an important factor in the growth of the American economy.
In this World Refugee Year it is our hope to achieve admission of our fair share of refugees. We will institute policies to alleviate suffering among the homeless wherever we are able to extend our aid.
We must remove the distinctions between native-born and naturalized citizens to assure full protection of our laws to all. There is no place in the United States for “second-class citizenship.”
The protections provided by due process, right of appeal, and statutes of limitation, can be extended to non-citizens without hampering the security of our nation.
We commend the Democratic Congress for the initial steps that have recently been taken toward liberalizing changes in immigration law. However, this should not be a piecemeal project and we are confident that a Democratic President in cooperation with Democratic Congresses will again implant a humanitarian and liberal spirit in our nation’s immigration and citizenship policies.
BOOM - this is exactly what is needed.
You are out of your mind.
At this point its time to just end all immigration for a few years
https://freerepublic.com/tag/chainmigration/index
I remember this being a big topic before - and it was blown up as being a “racist” term by the Democrats (only to find video of them saying the term themselves in many cases - the same people calling it racist).
“Chain, chain, chain...chain of fools” - Rush used that as bumper music one day while it was being discussed.
What about birthright citizenship?
Tuck a little something into that bill to strip citizenship from every current ‘citizen’ dropped by an illegal or tourist since the commie courts said such were citizens. Then deport any of them that are here.
Even without a criminal conviction, such factors could disqualify applicants under an expanded definition of “good moral character.”
That would have kept Ilhan Omar out of the USA.
bump
Yes, this is long overdue!
Come to think about it.
We have been fed the crap about “comprehensive immigration reform” for decades.
THIS is THE comprehensive immigration reform we need!