Results 1 to 3 of 3
Like Tree6Likes

Thread: Sessions: Trump’s merit-based immigration system

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Administrator Jean's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    California
    Posts
    65,443

    Sessions: Trump’s merit-based immigration system

    By Jeff Sessions - - Sunday, January 21, 2018

    For decades, the American people have been begging and pleading with our elected officials for an immigration system that is lawful and that serves our national interest.

    That’s not just because immigration is an economic issue. It’s also because it’s a matter of public safety and national security. If we can’t control — or even know — who enters this country, it’s much harder to keep people safe.

    This is not a hypothetical matter. A new report from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security reveals that nearly three out of every four people convicted of international terrorism-related offenses in federal courts since 9/11 were born outside of this country. Terrorists and their sympathizers shouldn’t be allowed in this country, and yet this report shows that hundreds of them have endangered the lives of the citizens we work for.

    The report goes on to state that over the same time, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has removed more than 1,700 aliens with national security concerns, and that the vast majority of the FBI’s open counterterrorism investigations in the United States arise from threats by international terrorists.

    But the threats we face extend far outside the realm of terrorism and into the criminal world. Any crime committed by an alien — and especially an illegal alien — is, by definition, preventable. Even one victim of a crime committed by an illegal alien is too many. And yet thousands of Americans across our country have suffered terribly because of decades of lax immigration policies and enforcement.

    In August, the federal Bureau of Prisons reported that more than 42,000 federal prisoners — or more than one in five federal prisoners — are foreign-born. Out of those in custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, which is responsible for housing pretrial detainees, more than 12,000 were foreign-born. That’s nearly one quarter.

    That means that tens of thousands of crimes have been committed in this country that would never have happened if our immigration laws were enforced and respected like they ought to be.

    And this doesn’t just affect the victims of these crimes. It affects all of us. Federal investigations require a lot of work. They are time-consuming and they’re not cheap. Our law enforcement professionals do amazing work, but it is simply not reasonable to keep asking them to do more and more so that we can keep admitting thousands of people every year whom we just don’t know much about. Each one of the cases covered by the report is a case that should never have happened in the first place and placed an unnecessary and unfair burden on our federal agents.

    In other words, the report confirms what the American people have known for more than 30 years: our immigration system is broken and has not been serving the common good of this nation.

    In fact, our current immigration system is designed to be blind to merit. It favors not education or skills but anybody who has a relative in America — and not necessarily a close relative.

    President Trump ran for office arguing for a merit-based system that lets in the best and the brightest but turns away criminals — even if they do have a relative here.

    It’s a commonsense idea. After all, employers don’t roll dice when deciding who they want to hire. Our incredible military doesn’t draw straws when deciding whom to accept. But for some reason, when we’re picking new Americans — the future of this country — our government uses a randomized lottery system and chain migration.

    Mr. Trump’s proposal is not unheard of. A merit-based system is the law in places like Canada and Australia, allowing those countries to choose future Canadians and future Australians based on their likelihood of assimilating, thriving, and contributing to society as a whole.

    That kind of system would be great for our economy, of course. Much more importantly, it would be the best way to ensure that our immigration system does not continue to harm our national security.

    Mr. Trump is right. It is time to put in place smarter immigration laws — and start enforcing them. The American people have waited long enough.

    Mr. Trump’s proposed merit-based system would restore fairness and respect for the law to our immigration system. As our new report shows, it would also help keep us a lot safer.

    Jeff Sessions is the attorney general of the United States.

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...will-make-ame/
    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  2. #2
    Senior Member Judy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    55,883
    Nice article. Thank you Jeff Sessions.
    A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
    Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy

    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  3. #3
    Administrator ALIPAC's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Gheen, Minnesota, United States
    Posts
    67,681
    The problem is that Trump wants to cut a deal on Amnesty to get a merit based immigration system and Graham and Thom Tillis want to increase legal immigration level which more than 80% of Americans oppose!

    Senator Sessions is right on many things like this...

    That means that tens of thousands of crimes have been committed in this country that would never have happened if our immigration laws were enforced and respected like they ought to be.
    But he needs to stop being Trump's cheerleader and go back to the anti-Amnesty positions he espoused in the US Senate.
    Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 2
    Last Post: 08-05-2017, 08:55 PM
  2. Trump budget funds border wall; eyes shift from poor immigrants to merit-based system
    By Jean in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 05-24-2017, 01:47 AM
  3. Trump to 'Clamp Down' On Immigration Through 'Merit Based' System
    By GeorgiaPeach in forum General Discussion
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 01-20-2017, 09:57 PM
  4. Merit-based migrants: Is Donald Trump softening on illegal immigration?
    By MW in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 07-27-2015, 08:50 PM
  5. Rubio: The Core of Our Immigration System Has to be Merit Based
    By Jean in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 03-11-2014, 03:39 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •