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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: 3, Interesting) by ElizabethGreene on Thursday August 16 2018, @07:51PM (1 child)
> In Australia, it's called "skilled migration" and you get points based on how your skill is rated by the demand on the market.
This feels like a rational and logical way to do it to me. I'd love to have a reasonable conversation about the merits of it without getting lost in the noise of bashing "them" instead. "Them" can be the prospective immigrants or the other political party, whichever is more effective at derailing the conversation.
:/
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday August 17 2018, @01:20AM
Not perfect, as any matter of policy can and will still be gamed... but yeah, somehow more rational than a lottery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0