America
Donald Trump's immigration proposals; creating boarder wall, ending birthright citizenship
IMMIGRATION
REFORM THAT WILL MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN
The
three core principles of Donald J. Trump's immigration plan
When politicians talk about “immigration reform†they
mean: amnesty, cheap labor and open borders. The Schumer-Rubio immigration bill
was nothing more than a giveaway to the corporate patrons who run both parties.
Real immigration reform puts the needs of working people
first – not wealthy globetrotting donors. We are the only country in the world
whose immigration system puts the needs of other nations ahead of our own. That
must change. Here are the three core principles of real immigration reform:
1.
A nation without borders is not a nation. There
must be a wall across the southern border.
2.
A nation without laws is not a nation. Laws
passed in accordance with our Constitutional system of government must be
enforced.
3.
A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. Any
immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans.
Make
For many years,
The impact in terms of
crime has been tragic. In recent weeks, the headlines have been covered with
cases of criminals who crossed our border illegally only to go on to commit
horrific crimes against Americans. Most recently, an illegal immigrant from
In 2011, the Government
Accountability Office found that there were a shocking 3 million arrests attached
to the incarcerated alien population, including tens of thousands of violent
beatings, rapes and murders.
Meanwhile, Mexico
continues to make billions on not only our bad trade deals but also relies
heavily on the billions of dollars in remittances sent from illegal immigrants
in the United States back to Mexico ($22 billion in 2013 alone).
In short, the Mexican government has taken the
The cost of building a permanent border wall pales
mightily in comparison to what American taxpayers spend every single year on
dealing with the fallout of illegal immigration on their communities, schools
and unemployment offices.
Mexico must pay for the wall and, until they do, the
United States will, among other things: impound all remittance payments derived
from illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs
and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border
crossing cards – of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each
year (a major source of visa overstays); increase fees on all NAFTA worker
visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays); and increase fees at
ports of entry to the United States from Mexico [Tariffs and foreign aid cuts
are also options]. We will not be taken advantage of anymore.
Defend
The Laws And Constitution Of The
Triple
the number of ICE officers. As
the President of the ICE Officers’ Council explained in Congressional
testimony: “Only approximately 5,000 officers and agents within ICE perform the
lion’s share of ICE’s immigration mission…Compare that to the Los Angeles
Police Department at approximately 10,000 officers. Approximately 5,000
officers in ICE cover 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam, and are attempting to
enforce immigration law against 11 million illegal aliens already in the
interior of the
Nationwide
e-verify. This
simple measure will protect jobs for unemployed Americans.
Mandatory
return of all criminal aliens. The
Obama Administration has released 76,000 aliens from its custody with criminal
convictions since 2013 alone. All criminal aliens must be returned to their
home countries, a process which can be aided by canceling any visas to foreign
countries which will not accept their own criminals, and making it a separate
and additional crime to commit an offense while here illegally.
Detention—not
catch-and-release. Illegal
aliens apprehended crossing the border must be detained until they are sent
home, no more catch-and-release.
Defund
sanctuary cities. Cut-off
federal grants to any city which refuses to cooperate with federal law
enforcement.
Enhanced
penalties for overstaying a visa. Millions
of people come to the
Cooperate
with local gang task forces. ICE
officers should accompany local police departments conducting raids of violent
street gangs like MS-13 and the 18th street gang, which have terrorized the country. All
illegal aliens in gangs should be apprehended and deported. Again, quoting
Chris Crane: “ICE Officers and Agents are forced to apply the Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Directive, not to children in schools, but to
adult inmates in jails. If an illegal-alien inmate simply claims eligibility, ICE
is forced to release the alien back into the community. This includes serious
criminals who have committed felonies, who have assaulted officers, and who
prey on children…ICE officers should be required to place detainers on every
illegal alien they encounter in jails and prisons, since these aliens not only
violated immigration laws, but then went on to engage in activities that led to
their arrest by police; ICE officers should be required to issue Notices to
Appear to all illegal aliens with criminal convictions, DUI convictions, or a
gang affiliation; ICE should be working with any state or local drug or gang
task force that asks for such assistance.â€
End
birthright citizenship. This
remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. By a 2:1 margin, voters say it’s the wrong policy, including
Harry Reid who said “no sane country†would give automatic citizenship to the
children of illegal immigrants.
Put
American Workers First
Decades of disastrous
trade deals and immigration policies have destroyed our middle class. Today, nearly 40% of black
teenagers are unemployed. Nearly 30% of Hispanic teenagers are unemployed. For
black Americans without high school diplomas, the bottom has fallen out: more
than 70% were employed in 1960, compared to less than 40% in 2000. Across the
economy, the percentage of adults in the labor force has collapsed to a level
not experienced in generations. As CBS news wrote in a piece entitled “
The influx of foreign
workers holds down salaries, keeps unemployment high, and makes it difficult
for poor and working class Americans – including immigrants themselves and
their children – to earn a middle class wage. Nearly half of all immigrants and
their US-born children currently live in or near poverty, including more than 60 percent of
Hispanic immigrants. Every year, we voluntarily admit another 2 million new
immigrants, guest workers, refugees, and dependents, growing our existing
all-time historic record population of 42 million immigrants. We need to
control the admission of new low-earning workers in order to: help wages grow,
get teenagers back to work, aid minorities’ rise into the middle class, help
schools and communities falling behind, and to ensure our immigrant members of
the national family become part of the American dream.
Additionally, we need to
stop giving legal immigrant visas to people bent on causing us harm. From the
9/11 hijackers, to the Boston Bombers, and many others, our immigration system
is being used to attack us. The President of the immigration caseworkers union
declared in a statement on ISIS: “We've become the visa clearinghouse
for the world.â€
Here are some additional specific policy proposals for
long-term reform:
Increase
prevailing wage for H-1Bs. We graduate two times more Americans with STEM degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as
much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through
the H-1B program. More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest
allowable wage level, and more than eighty percent for its bottom two. Raising
the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted
entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and
immigrant workers in the
Requirement
to hire American workers first. Too many visas, like the H-1B, have no such requirement. In the year 2015,
with 92 million Americans outside the workforce and incomes collapsing, we need companies to hire from the
domestic pool of unemployed. Petitions for workers should be mailed to the
unemployment office, not USCIS.
End
welfare abuse. Applicants
for entry to the
Jobs
program for inner city youth. The
J-1 visa jobs program for foreign youth will be terminated and replaced with a
resume bank for inner city youth provided to all corporate subscribers to the
J-1 visa program.
Refugee
program for American children. Increase
standards for the admission of refugees and asylum-seekers to crack down on abuses. Use the monies saved on expensive refugee programs to
help place American children without parents in safer homes and communities,
and to improve community safety in high crime neighborhoods in
the United States.
Immigration
moderation. Before
any new green cards are issued to foreign workers abroad, there will be a pause
where employers will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed
immigrant and native workers. This will help reverse women's plummeting workplace participation
rate, grow wages, and allow record immigration levels to subside to more moderate historical averages.