Trump admn’s ‘must list’ for immigrants: Skill, English speaking
The Trump administration wants to admit immigrants who have skills, talent and can speak English, a top official has said, giving insight into the proposed merit-based system that is likely to benefit immigrants from India.
A merit-based immigration system, the Trump administration feels would admit ‘the best and the brightest around the world’. At the same time the merit based immigration system would make it difficult for people to come to the country illegally.
The president also wants to scrap diversity lottery visa and chain migration.
“..And so, our position, is that a system that prioritise individuals based on their individual skills and merit will certainly produce better results than the system we have now,” the senior administration official said.
“We want to bring in individuals, wherever they may be from, who love this country, who love its people, who have skills, who have talent, who have—who speak English, who are committed to supporting our values and our very way of life,” said the official.
“So, what we have with the Diversity Lottery Program or through chain migration is that in these cases there are identified examples of individuals who were not selected to come to the US based on their love of this country, skills, merit, and individual attributes that will lead them to their success,” the official said.
“We would like to admit individuals from all backgrounds or any place in the world, based on their own individual merit and their likelihood of success, into the US,” the official said.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters that the president is pushing for a merit-based system irrespective of the country, religion and ethnicity of an applicant.
“He wants immigrants to come in from everywhere, but he wants to do that through a merit-based system,” said Sanders.
“By definition a merit based system is colour blind. It’s not basing it on any of that criteria.It’s not based on race, religion or country of origin. It’s actually based on the merits of whether or not this person’s going to be contributing to society,” she said in response to a question.
-PTC News
