White House Framework on Immigration Reform & Border Security.

Voters across both party lines appear to be in agreement with President Donald Trump’s immigration priorities, a new Harvard-Harris Poll finds.

The poll, weighted to be broadly representative of the U.S. population, found that 65% of voters overall agreed with Trump’s position that any bill codifying Obama-era protections for illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children should be accompanied by funding for a wall, ending chain migration, and ending the diversity visa lottery program.

1st Pillar.

BORDER SECURITY: Securing the Southern and Northern border of the United States takes a combination of physical infrastructure, technology, personnel, resources, authorities, and the ability to close legal loopholes that are exploited by smugglers, traffickers, cartels, criminals and terrorists.

- The Department of Homeland Security must have the tools to deter illegal immigration; the ability to remove individuals who illegally enter the United States; and the vital authorities necessary to protect national security.
- These measures below are the minimum tools necessary to mitigate the rapidly growing surge of illegal immigration.
$25 billion trust fund for the border wall system, ports of entry/exit, and northern border improvements and enhancements.
- Close crippling personnel deficiencies by appropriating additional funds to hire new DHS personnel, ICE attorneys, immigration judges, prosecutors and other law enforcement professionals.
- Hiring and pay reforms to ensure the recruitment and retention of critically-needed personnel.
- Deter illegal entry by ending dangerous statutorily-imposed catch-and-release and by closing legal loopholes that have eroded our ability to secure the immigration system and protect public safety.
- Ensure the detention and removal of criminal aliens, gang members, violent offenders, and aggravated felons.
- Ensure the prompt removal of illegal border-crossers regardless of country of origin.
- Deter visa overstays with efficient removal.
- Ensure synthetic drugs (fentanyl) are prevented from entering the country.
- Institute immigration court reforms to improve efficiency and prevent fraud and abuse.

2nd Pillar

DACA LEGALIZATION: Provide legal status for DACA recipients and other DACA-eligible illegal immigrants, adjusting the time-frame to encompass a total population of approximately 1.8 million individuals.

- 10-12 year path to citizenship, with requirements for work, education and good moral character.
- Clear eligibility requirements to mitigate fraud.
- Status is subject to revocation for criminal conduct or public safety and national security concerns, public charge, fraud, etc.

3rd Pillar

PROTECT THE NUCLEAR FAMILY: Protect the nuclear family by emphasizing close familial relationships.

- Promote nuclear family migration by limiting family sponsorships to spouses and minor children only (for both Citizens and LPRs), ending extended-family chain migration.
- Apply these changes prospectively, not retroactively, by processing the “backlog.”

4th Pillar

ELIMINATE LOTTERY AND REPURPOSE VISAS: The Visa Lottery selects individuals at random to come to the United States without consideration of skills, merit or public safety.

- This program is riddled with fraud and abuse and does not serve the national interest.
- Eliminate lottery and reallocate the visas to reduce the family-based “backlog” and high-skilled employment “backlog.”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings...rder-security/

I just watched the immigration part of the SOTU on Youtube and he said that in the next few weeks they WILL be voting on the (an?) immigration deal. Let's see how that goes.

yes, its on Dems and Moderate Republicans' hands now.

There is it. Citizenship for us, right from the President himself. Let's get it passed in Congress now.

Let’s hope they can negotiate in tying the 1st and 2nd pilar together for a dreamer relief bill and then tie 3rd and 4th in future CIR talks.

Looking good.

If this doesn't pass, its Democrat's fault 100%

The problem with this is that it just makes too much sense for them.

yes!!!!

i don't see buffing up of interior enforcement in the proposal, for the people who are scared for their parents.

for the people think they're parents are not getting green cards, it says people already processing will go through, it only applies to future immigrants.

so they have to make a choice, do they want to take care of the legal/illegal immigrants already here or concern themselves with future immigrants.

and please don't turn this into a partisan Democratic/Republican debate, im tired of that BS.