Immigration,
Government,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
Aug. 8, 2017
Immigration bill isn’t likely to go far
As promised during the campaign, President Donald Trump has backed legislation designed to reduce legal immigration. The RAISE Act would cut overall immigration levels by 50 percent.
Gabriel J. Chin
Edward L. Barrett chair of law, Martin Luther King, Jr. professor of law, and director of Clinical Legal Education
UC Davis School of Law
As promised during the campaign, President Donald Trump has backed legislation designed to reduce legal immigration. The RAISE Act, introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ga.) and co-sponsored by Sen. David Purdue (R-Ark.), would cut overall immigration levels by 50 percent. Immigration would be limited by: (1) slashing family-sponsored immigration by repealing green card eligibility for parents, adult children, and siblings of citizens; (2) capping refugee admissions; (3) ...
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