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"I campaigned on creating a merit-based immigration system that protects U.S. workers and taxpayers," President Trump said at the White House Wednesday. "[This bill] will reduce poverty, increase wages and save taxpayers billions and billions of dollars."
The legislation, called The Raise Act, aims to replace the current permanent employment-immigration framework, which has been characterized by the Trump administration as a “lottery system,” with what it is calling a skill-based system that operates on the basis of individual merits. The measure is based on a bill that was developed in the Senate by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Sen. David Perdue (R- Ga.) and will greatly cut the number of legal immigrants admitted to the country, placing an annual 50,000 person cap on permanent resident refugees.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, more than 1,051,000 individuals became permanent residents in 2015.
Sen. Cotton said Wednesday the current system places "great downward pressure on people who work with their hands and work on their feet."
The Trump administration’s goal is to prevent low-skilled American workers from being undercut by immigrants with a comparable level of expertise. The White House also believes this transformation could raise wages and protect taxpayers by potentially decreasing the number of immigrant families that rely on welfare. More than 50% of all immigrant households receive welfare benefits, while 30% of native households do, according to the administration.
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
Good idea! Farmers/others who claim they can't find enough workers are lying. If they were willing to pay a fair wage, they'd find workers. We should be incentivizing immigration by those who bring real skills to America, not those who can only do jobs that literally anyone could do.
originally posted by: luthier
a reply to: seasonal
Ask yourself do consumers want to pay more and can they?
That is the real question nobody talks about. But it's part of a real plan.
Eta immigration needs should reflect the actual labor market not a social engineering project. The market is supposed to be king not social planning how is this difference to than liberals deciding what an economy needs?
originally posted by: luthier
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
Good idea! Farmers/others who claim they can't find enough workers are lying. If they were willing to pay a fair wage, they'd find workers. We should be incentivizing immigration by those who bring real skills to America, not those who can only do jobs that literally anyone could do.
You understand higher wages are higher costs correct?
I am not against solving this problem but it's not like turning a screw folks. It's pretty complicated and tied it the actual economy.
The illegals are largely present in necessity based commodity. Like food and housing. Increase in pay directly makes increase in cost for consumers.