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The Trump administration is expected to issue a proposal in coming weeks that would make it harder for legal immigrants to become citizens or get green cards if they have ever used a range of popular public welfare programs, including Obamacare, four sources with knowledge of the plan told NBC News.
The move, which would not need congressional approval, is part of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller's plan to limit the number of migrants who obtain legal status in the U.S. each year.
[...] Though its effects could be far-reaching, the proposal to limit citizenship to immigrants who have not used public assistance does not appear to need congressional approval. As the Clinton administration did in 1999, the Trump administration would be redefining the term "public charge," which first emerged in immigration law in the 1800s in order to shield the U.S. from burdening too many immigrants who could not contribute to society.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:15PM (2 children)
At the end of that first paragraph I was almost expecting you to conclude that companies should pay their employees better.
I was blinded by a sudden burst of optimism. Back to business as Republican usual.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jmorris on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:21PM (1 child)
Without the government subsidizing them, pay would have to rise. Farm labor is currently priced below the actual market price, remove the government and that would have to seek a price where labor could be attracted. Removing some of the welfare State would push some but prices would have to also pull to rebalance the economy. But that is ok since it it would lower the deficit spending and free up the capital markets and eventually even permit another round of tax cuts. The net economic impact would be positive.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by VLM on Thursday August 16 2018, @06:12PM
The quality of life would also be higher; being a sort of indentured servant / sorta slave / sorta migrant refugee must suck, and using the government to prop up corporate profits to perpetuate that is pretty evil.
We kinda fought something aroun 1860-1865 over the same issue; sure the easiest thing to do with slaves is to keep them pickin cotton, but at some point no matter how much of a PITA it is for everyone, you gotta upgrade that lifestyle.
I would not be sad to see the human misery of the migrant farm worker lifestyle go away. Much like the end of slavery in 1865 wasn't a whole lot of fun for anyone, it still kinda needed to be done, and that was the time to do it. We're well past the due date to end migrant farm worker as a job title.
The memes about the evilness of the "Democratic Party Plantation" go deeper than would first appear. "Suffer forever, so we can lead you"