70 Point Immigration principles questions

So, what is in the 70 Point Immigration principles recently put forth by the White House and does it matter?

So, what is in the 70 Point Immigration principles recently put forth by the White House and does it matter?  President Trump’s plans have several controversial measures.  One such measure is a wall across the southern US border, another is addressing sanctuary city status and the President wants the current immigration law to be retooled.  Most Republican lawmakers have ignored the document from the White House and have suggested the President needs to now and let Congress do its job without him driving the legislation.

Representative Stevan Pearce, a Republican from New Mexico, indicated that Congress is doing its job to address these issues and that there really isn’t anymore the President can do until they do their work.  Republican Senator James Lankford, of Oklahoma, is offering bills to address the Dream Act and other elements on the immigration front and seems to agree with the President that Congress needs to deliver results.  The Oklahoma Senator went on to challenge is colleagues with comments saying that this issue needs to get sorted now and can’t be left for the next Congress to deal with as these problems are here and now and need to get fixed.

The other side of the isle seemed in communion with their Republican colleagues calling the policies from the White House “draconian” indicating they prefer more moderate reforms.  Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham the Congresswoman from New Mexico and Chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus said the Republican response is a sign that Democrats and Republicans may have an opportunity to negotiate.  She indicated in a statement that many of the very aggressive points put forward by the President would not be received in the House.

Nevertheless, the Trump Administration remains committed to its plan.  The proposed border wall at the top of the controversial list of issues but they also want to tighten up policies that allow free flow of family members often call “chain-migration” and want to tighten up rules that put more obligation of employers to confirm a workers legal eligibility to work in the USA.

The proposed changes to current immigration laws are significant and could even go against a past Supreme Court ruling that addresses how long someone can be detained.  Another element is a 2008 law that provides easy entry for Central American children and also assigning more stringent penalties when a person stays past the date of their visa.

According to the White House, the 70-point plan was developed with input from the President’s senior advisors who are most involved with immigration matters.  It also touted positive reaction from the president’s top advisers, such as the Attorney General as well as the heads of the key department such as Homeland Security.  The President has been lobbying for his plan, recently during a round of golf with Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican it is reported that immigration matters, such as DACA were at the top of their list of issues.

Strong support from some Republicans, like Representative Lou Barletta, from Pennsylvania, said the President is taking action to protect “forgotten” Americans.  Representative Barletta also indicated that immigration policy has been weakened by not having proper board controls and the direct result was harming American workers and causing serious overflow in our schools and hospitals.

Not surprisingly, Democrats are uniformly opposed.  Immigrant rights groups are indicating nothing short of horror at the president’s goals.  One such group called the President’s proposal a white supremacist, nationalist agenda.  Others feel that the principles are so hard-lined and even doubted that Mr. Trump supports the text.

Whatever the outcome, one thing is very clear, tides are shifting in our very complex immigration policy and millions of people in the U.S. are likely to be impacted.

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