President Trump recently released a detailed immigration policy position paper that walks through exactly what steps he would take as president to help American workers, according to his press office.<\/p>\n
The paper\u2014which really constitutes a completely new look at immigration and a complete overhaul of the current system, politicians\u2019 priorities, and special interest involvement\u2014starts with three principles. <\/p>\n
Firstly, Trump argues, \u201ca nation without borders is not a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
As such, he writes, \u201cthere must be a wall across the southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n
Secondly, Trump argues, \u201ca nation without laws is not a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLaws passed in accordance with our constitutional system of government must be enforced,\u201d he writes as part of his second principle.<\/p>\n
Thirdly, Trump argues, \u201ca nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAny immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans,\u201d he writes to flesh out the third principle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe paper, which was clearly influenced by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) who Trump consulted to help with immigration policy, contains three major parts: How a President Trump would handle border security, interior enforcement, and legal immigration policy as it relates to getting Americans\u2014at historically low workforce participation rates right now\u2014back to work. Perhaps most importantly, Trump uses the term \u201cimmigration reform\u201d to describe what he will do\u2014taking that term away from those who use it to push for fundamental transformation of the United States with immigration policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen politicians talk about \u2018immigration reform\u2019 they mean: amnesty, cheap labor and open borders,\u201d Trump writes. \u201cThe Schumer-Rubio immigration bill was nothing more than a giveaway to the corporate patrons who run both parties. Real immigration reform puts the needs of working people first\u2014not wealthy globetrotting donors. We are the only country in the world whose immigration system puts the needs of other nations ahead of our own. That must change.\u201d<\/p>\n
The plan details not just that Trump believes in putting \u201cAmerican workers first\u201d over the interest of foreign workers, foreign nations, and special interests, but how he would do so. Trump is the first and only presidential candidate this cycle who has done this and gone into this level of policy detail.<\/p>\n
\u201cDecades of disastrous trade deals and immigration policies have destroyed our middle class,\u201d Trump\u2019s position paper reads. \u201cToday, nearly 40 percent of black teenagers are unemployed. Nearly 30 percent of Hispanic teenagers are unemployed. For black Americans without high school diplomas, the bottom has fallen out: more than 70 percent were employed in 1960, compared to less than 40 percent in 2000. Across the economy, the percentage of adults in the labor force has collapsed to a level not experienced in generations. As CBS News wrote in a piece titled \u201cAmerica\u2019s incredible shrinking middle class\u201d: \u2018If the middle-class is the economic backbone of America, then the country is developing osteoporosis.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump writes that the \u201cinflux of foreign workers holds down salaries, keeps unemployment high, and makes it difficult for poor and working-class Americans\u2014including immigrants themselves and their children\u2014to earn a middle class wage\u201d and that about \u201chalf of all immigrants and their U.S.-born children currently live in or near poverty, including more than 60 percent of Hispanic immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery year, we voluntarily admit another 2 million new immigrants, guest workers, refugees, and dependents, growing our existing all-time historic record population of 42 million immigrants,\u201d Trump writes. \u201cWe need to control the admission of new low-earning workers in order to: help wages grow, get teenagers back to work, aid minorities\u2019 rise into the middle class, help schools and communities falling behind, and to ensure our immigrant members of the national family become part of the American dream. <\/p>\n
\u201cAdditionally, we need to stop giving legal immigrant visas to people bent on causing us harm. From the 9\/11 hijackers, to the Boston bombers, and many others, our immigration system is being used to attack us. The President of the immigration caseworkers union declared in a statement on ISIS: \u2018We\u2019ve become the visa clearinghouse for the world.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump calls for a \u201chalt to the issuance of new green cards until Americans are back to work.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore any new green cards are issued to foreign workers abroad, there will be a pause where employers will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed immigrant and native workers,\u201d Trump wrote in a section of the paper called \u201cimmigration moderation,\u201d an area where he cites U.S. Census Bureau data and information from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Definitely, the planned policy would adversely affect the NMI and other territories. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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