Trump announces plan to cut legal immigration in half
The Trump administration escalated its pivot toward extreme right-wing elements on Wednesday by launching a major new legislative initiative directed against immigrants. The administration’s proposal would cut legal immigration in half by imposing a wealth- and education-based test to ensure that the poorest immigrants are kept out. It would separate families by preventing working class immigrants from petitioning to bring their family members into the United States through the current statutory processes. The proposal is being advanced in the Senate in a bill introduced by Republicans David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas...
