Subj : Trump's Immigration Proposal
To   : All
From : aaron thomas
Date : Fri May 17 2019 08:58 am

What do you all think about Trump's proposal? Anything you like? Dislike?

I don't like it much because it's a bit off from the type of changes many
people want to see; it doesn't set rules for illegals already here, and it
doesn't fast-track qualified migrants already in the system.

But it is clever enough and better than nothing; it can be viewed as an
initiative, and more detail can be added in the future. 

It's great that we're going to declare "No more asylum claims to be made from
the border," but who are we telling that to? People who care about what the
rules are? Where would we find such people?

The other part that's good, but quirky, is "Skilled workers first." Last I
heard, we do have demand for skilled workers, but what's so bad about
unskilled workers who know how to use doors? People who come here lawfully
with no skills shouldn't feel left out. They can be trained here.

So it's a bit messy, but I'll take it. Like Devin Nunes said "Democrats
should create their own proposal instead of just criticizing Trump's
proposal." But when will that happen? Obama was too busy for it, house
democrats are too busy for it, maybe people just need to do some classic
pencil whipping.

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