If Democrats won’t adopt his merit based immigration plans, President Donald Trump says that he’ll get it passed right after the election.
On Thursday, Trump revealed his proposal in a Rose Garden news conference with little hard-line rhetoric. He reported that he wants to recruit the “most brilliant” sets of people to live in the U.S. through a system that greatly rewards talent and brains.
Donald Trump’s goal to put a softer facade on the signature issue from his first campaign as he sets his eyes on a 2020 reelection. He said on Thursday that it was time to “restore national unity.”
He also suggested wha the plan could get passed after the 2020 election if possible because the House could flip back to the GOP.
Trump says that the immigration plan that he is proposing would make it a top priority to get “totally brilliant” immigrants.
He unveiled on Thursday, a laid out a merit-based plan that would give preferential treatment to high-skilled workers. He says at the moment that the U.S. immigration laws “ greatly discriminate against genius” and “discriminate against brilliance” largely because most of the green cards are given to low-skilled people who would make very low wages.
Under the same plan, the United States would award the same number of green cards as it does now. But far more would go to incredibly exceptional students, professionals and people with very high-level and vocational degrees. And factors such as age, English language fluency and employment offers would also be considered.
As a result, far fewer green cards would be granted to people with relatives already in the U.S. Fifty-seven percent would be awarded on merit as opposed to the current 12%.