Trump’s Address to Congress Satisfies Immigration Hardliners on the Hill

Swim19 · 03-01-2017, 10:15 PM

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Under Trump, a compromise would be more likely to include relief for a small portion of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. — most likely the DREAMers, who many admit have the most compelling case for leniency because their parents brought them to the U.S. as children.

Offering a path to legal status would go against much of Trump's campaign promises as well as his domestic agenda, which revolves around the perceived pitfalls of immigration. His staff is populated with advocates who believe that both legal and illegal immigration are detrimental to American workers. They include new Attorney General Jeff Sessions, top adviser Steve Bannon and adviser and former Sessions staffer Stephen Miller.

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Advocates aligned with Trump say that before any compromise with the DREAMers, the border must be secure, the current immigration laws would have to be enforced, further enforcement mechanisms must be implemented and the legal immigration system must be reformed. Trump has vowed to build a "great wall" along the southern border and is expected to ask Congress for an emergency funding bill this spring worth billions to begin the current wall's expansion. He has already begun aggressive deportation of undocumented immigrants, which he says prioritizes those that have committed crimes.

He is expected to push for the Congressional passage of E-verify, a workplace verification system that ensures that employees are legal residents.

And he proposed the fourth prong critical to his immigration plan Tuesday when he pushed for the reformation of the legal immigration system.

He proposed changing the legal immigration from family-based, meaning that relatives of immigrants are granted preference into the U.S., to a merit-based system, where a person is accepted based on skills and need.

"It will save countless dollars, raise workers' wages, and help struggling families — including immigrant families — enter the middle class," Trump said of his plan.

"If E-verify and ending the chain migration is done, then DACA kids could get amnesty," said Roy Beck, president of Numbers USA, a group that supports the reduction of legal immigration.

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Trump’s Address to Congress Satisfies Immigration Hardliners on the Hill