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    Trump to 'Clamp Down' On Immigration Through 'Merit Based' System

    Trump to ‘Clamp Down’ On Immigration Through ‘Merit-Based’ System








    The Associated Press


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    JOHN BINDER
    20 Jan 2017Washington, D.C

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – President-Elect Donald Trump’s first act as president will reportedly be to “clamp down” on the country’s immigration system and refugee resettlement program, while enforcing a “merit-based” method, focusing on skilled workers.



    In a new piece by the LA Times, the west-coast newspaper says Trump will immediately focus on the broken immigration system, both legal and illegal, just as his campaign for president promised:


    Gone will be the temporary protections of the final Obama years for people in the country illegally. In their place, expect to see images on the evening news of workplace raids as Trump sends a message that he is wasting no time on his promised crackdown.


    The LA Times cites Trump spokesman Sean Spicer’s statement on immigration as an indication that the incoming administration will not take a backseat to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the issue.
    “We need to get control of our borders and we need to get control of our immigration system, and we can do it in a very smart and methodical way that ensures that the priority is first and foremost people who seek to cause us harm or who are a danger in a community,” Spicer told the LA Times.


    The LA Times also noted Trump’s widespread powers as president over the country’s immigration system, writing that “Trump can act on immigration without Congress”:

    Taken together, the actions would result in a significant shift in how immigration law is enforced, which could itself create a ripple effect that alters the immigration pool and how the 11 million or so in the U.S. illegally live their lives. Unlike some of his other big-ticket plans, such as replacing Obamacare, Trump can act on immigration without Congress under the president’s wide legal authority to control borders.


    “We’re going to move very quickly on the border,” Vice President-elect Mike Pence told NBC News on Wednesday, saying Trump could even use his executive power to start on his chief immigration pledge — building a wall along the border with Mexico.


    That crack-down on immigration could come via a merit-based immigration system, which would mean less low-skilled immigrants and more high-skilled workers to take jobs that cannot be filled from the country’s native population, POLITICO reported.


    “We’re going to have great people and people of great talent coming into our country,” Trump said in an interview with Fox & Friends. “And if you can think of this, some of the Silicon Valley companies want to build up in Canada, because in Canada, they’re able to get the people that they need and they can’t get them in this country because we don’t allow them in this country.”


    “So we’re going to take care of a lot of situations,” Trump continued, referring the country’s immigration system. “And we’re going to have a lot of heart, believe me. It’s going to be a heart almost as big as yours.”
    The merit-based immigration plan could be trotted out by the incoming Trump administration “over the next two to three months,” as he noted in the interview.


    Immigration groups like NumbersUSA heralded the potential merit-based system, saying that it would favor giving legal immigrant residence to individuals who fill jobs, rather than the current system which favors family members of immigrants already living in the U.S.


    http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/01/20/trump-clamp-immigration-merit-based-system/

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    That sounds good down the road, but for now we need a Moratorium on All Immigration for at least 10 to 20 years. Pause the whole thing until all of our Americans are back to work. We have plenty of highly skilled people in our country who need jobs. Many are working jobs below their skill levels, so keep the immigrants out until all Americans are back to work at their highest skill level.
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    “We’re going to have great people and people of great talent coming into our country,” Trump said in an interview with Fox & Friends. “And if you can think of this, some of the Silicon Valley companies want to build up in Canada, because in Canada, they’re able to get the people that they need and they can’t get them in this country because we don’t allow them in this country.”
    I find this hard to believe considering a lot of tech companies are bringing in foreign labor to replace American workers! I agree we need to end chain migration, however, I'm not buying the proclamation that we need more high skilled foreign labor. I'm betting we have more colleges and universities than any country in the world. If people are needed, there is no reason we can't train them. And I'm not talking about bringing in foreign students and allowing them to get a green card with their degree!

    Sounds like Trump may be buying into what the high-tech industry is selling on labor shortages. This is happening while some tech companies are firing American workers and replacing them with foreign labor. Smh .....

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