Inside the Trump administration’s campaign to restrict immigration to the United States
Priscilla Alvarez, Nick Valencia and Kevin Liptak for CNN offer a troubling report on President Trump’s recent and upcoming immigration policy measures, which appear to be aimed at diverting attention from the administration’s response to the pandemic and the tanking U.S. economy:
“Behind the scenes, the push to limit immigration during the coronavirus pandemic has been led by Stephen Miller, Trump’s lead immigration adviser and the architect of the President’s hardline immigration agenda, according to administration officials.
Even before the outbreak, Miller had been seeking ways to limit immigration into the United States. After the President’s April proclamation limiting green cards, Miller cast the move as a first step toward reducing the flow of immigrants coming into the United States.
Since then, aides have been developing follow-up actions that could limit the number of guest workers, which were a key exemption from the first action. . . .
Trump’s political advisers view the immigration steps as motivating for his base supporters at a moment when the President’s key election message — a strong economy — is badly weakened by the pandemic.
Since the release of the proclamation, there’s been various requests that have come out from the Trump administration for input for an expected follow-up order, said Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for reduced immigration.
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The ongoing discussions, coupled with a series of recent immigration changes, appear to be part of a concerted effort to reshape the nation’s immigration system as the country reckons with a global pandemic and its repercussions.” (bold added).
It just may be that you ain’t seen nothin’ yet from teh Trump administration on immigration
KJ
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