WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting aside some of his hard-line rhetoric on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wanted to recruit 'top talent' to the nation as he unveiled his latest efforts to reform residency laws after years of setbacks and stalemates.
WASHINGTON — Setting aside some of his hard-line rhetoric on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wanted to recruit"top talent" to the nation as he unveiled his latest efforts to reform residency laws after years of setbacks and stalemates.
"Our plan is pro-American, pro-immigrant and pro-worker," Trump said, adding that it contrasts with what he called Democrats' support of"chaos," and predicted it will lead him to victory next November. The plan does not address what to do about the millions of immigrants already living in the country illegally, including hundreds of thousands of young"Dreamers" brought to the U.S. as children — a top priority for Democrats. Nor does it reduce overall rates of immigration, as many conservative Republicans would like to see.
The diversity visa lottery, which offers green cards to citizens of countries with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S., would be eliminated. "I don't think it's designed to get Democratic support as much as it is to unify the Republican Party around border security, a negotiating position," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a close ally of the White House.
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