White House Proposed Skills-based Immigration System
On Oct. 8, 2017, the White House released the promised Immigration Principles & Policies which outline the Trump Administration's position on immigration. This document is broken into three parts: 1) Border Security, 2) Interior Enforcement, and 3) Merit-Based Immigration. read full document
"The current immigration system prioritizes extended family based chain migration over skills-based immigration and does not serve the national interest. Decades of low-skilled immigration has suppressed wages, fueled unemployment and strained federal resources."
Therefore, the Administration proposed establishing a merit-based immigration system that protects U.S. workers and taxpayers, and ending chain migration, to promote financial success and assimilation for newcomers.
- Limit extended-family chain migration and replace it with a merit-based system that prioritizes skills and economic contributions.
- Establish a skills-based, points-based system for green cards;
- Eliminate the "Diversity Visa Lottery".
- Limit the number of refugees, prevent abuse of the Refugee Admissions Program.
For more information, please click to read original proposal or check our top visa sponsor reports.
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