“Give me your skilled, your self-sufficient, your English-speaking masses yearning to grow the American economy.
President Trump on Wednesday threw the weight of the White House behind a bill that would cut legal immigration in half with a merit-based entry system that would reward applicants who have job skills, education and the ability to speak English.
The presidential endorsement was yet another controversial chapter in the ongoing immigration saga that at times has alienated Muslims and Mexicans caught up in nationalistic rhetoric.
In the cross hairs this day was the Statue of Liberty itself, whose symbolism as a beacon of hope came under fierce debate at a nationally televised news conference. All this as Trump advocates a policy to close the golden door on legal immigrants, too.”
Good for the New York Daily News for illustrating how most of us feel about Stephen Miller’s counterfactual discourse on the history of American Immigration today.
For those who haven’t seen it:
This maladministration is busily perverting everything it has come to mean to be an American.