Quinnipiac finds immigration ban much more polarized and less popular (except among Republicans) than before Trump's order pic.twitter.com/6p7JwgDaDb
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) February 7, 2017
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The Repub response, fronted by the “leader of the smart Congressional conservatives”:
50% less immigration in next 10 years proposed in legislation to be introduced in the Senate https://t.co/A2qsZuyc5M
— Christopher Mims (@mims) February 7, 2017
Sen. Tom Cotton and Georgia Sen. David Perdue have started taking steps to crack down on legal immigration, a focus shared by the Trump administration, per Politico. They’ll formally propose legislation on the matter as soon as today. The details:
– Eliminates multiple avenues for U.S. citizens and permanent residents to sponsor family members for green cards.
– Gets rid of the diversity visa lottery, which allots 50k visas per year for citizens of countries with low levels of immigration to the U.S.
– Restricts the number of refugees allowed into the country to 50k annually, similar to rates outlined in Trump’s travel ban.
– If approved, the number of legal immigrants allowed into the U.S. under the bill would plummet by 40% in the first year and by 50% over the next 10 years, according to Cotton’s aides.
Of course, count on Rep. Steve ‘Pig Muck’ King to lunge for the moral sub-sub-basement, just to stay in contention for Worst Congresscritter…
Some people have lost their minds: @SteveKingIA: Putin Allows Freedom of Dissent Because He Hasn’t Murdered @Kasparov63 in NY Yet. pic.twitter.com/Whq5FefiHR
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) February 6, 2017
Don’t think you can call this behavior “normal”, but it’s become the Republican standard.
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