Not sure how many 'pedes remember this, but early in 2016/2017 Trump had a policy position of eliminating the existing immigration system entirely and replacing it with a purely merit-based one. Highly skilled labor is desirable as they make domestic businesses more competitive and prosperous when stolen from other countries, so long as they clearly don't take a job an American would otherwise do.
Now, given all that, look at what Trump did in the span of one week:
Eliminated H1B, L1, J1 visa acceptances via EO
Pushed for increased scrutiny on the PERM portion of EB visas (the part where they validate if the job could be done by Americans) via the same EO
Pushed via EO a policy to hire based on merit, and not degree, something Indians and Chinese were abusing
This is Trump's immigration reform policy from 2016. Just delivered in bite-sized pieces.
Not sure how many 'pedes remember this, but early in 2016/2017 Trump had a policy position of eliminating the existing immigration system entirely and replacing it with a purely merit-based one. Highly skilled labor is desirable as they make domestic businesses more competitive and prosperous when stolen from other countries, so long as they clearly don't take a job an American would otherwise do.
Now, given all that, look at what Trump did in the span of one week:
This is Trump's immigration reform policy from 2016. Just delivered in bite-sized pieces.
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