THAT’S the Trump I like to see.
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In a unexpected move Friday morning, President Donald Trump posted a tweet blasting Republicans for wasting time trying to pass bipartisan immigration reform and urging them to instead wait until the “Red Wave” crushes the Democrats during the midterms before tackling any sort of immigration-related legislation.
Look:
Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November. Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2018
While this might not be the best move PR-wise, as it could alienate moderates and independents, it should greatly please the base.
Why? Because of what happened Thursday, when the House failed to pass the Freedom Caucus-supported Goodlatte bill because of opposition from RINO “moderates.”
Although the bill would’ve provided DACA recipients with legal status, it would’ve also ended chain migration, eliminated the visa lottery and funded the president’s desired border wall, according to the Center for Immigration Studies:
The Goodlatte amnesty would be available to about 700,000 aliens who received work permits and deportation protection under President Obama’s DACA program. The amnesty does not include a direct path to a green card or citizenship, so beneficiaries would not be able to sponsor family members. Therefore, there would be no chain migration resulting from the amnesty.
In addition, the Goodlatte bill would eliminate several large chain migration categories and the visa lottery. The categories eliminated (after one year) would be: adult sons and daughters of naturalized citizens and permanent residents, and siblings of naturalized citizens. In addition, the category for parents of naturalized citizens would be replaced with a temporary visa for parents, although the parents of naturalized amnesty beneficiaries would not qualify. Together these provisions would reduce legal immigration by approximately 138,000 per year (accounting for the one-year grandfathering of chain green cards). This would result in a net decrease of about 1.23 million green cards over 15 years (138,000 times 14 years minus 700,000 amnesty beneficiaries).
The center further notes that the bill would have resulted “in a net decrease in green cards of 1.23 million over the next 15 years because it offers a much smaller amnesty and makes prompt, deep cuts to chain migration categories.”
Thanks to RINO “moderates” and House Speaker Paul Ryan, the GOP-led House now instead plans to pursue a “compromise bill” that the center notes “would result in a net increase of 2.12 million more green cards through amnesty and chain migration over the next 15 years.”
The president’s astute point Friday morning was, basically, SCREW compromise. I agree!
H/T Breitbart
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