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David Nakamura
15 hrs ago
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed a new bill in the Senate aimed at slashing legal immigration levels over a decade.
Trump appeared with Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and David Perdue (Ga.) at the White House to unveil a modified version of a bill the senators first introduced in April
to cut immigration by half from the current level of more than 1 million green cards per year granting foreigners permanent legal residence in the United States.
Under the bill, the new immigration system would award points to green card applicants based on such factors as
English ability, education levels and job skills.
“This would be the most significant reform to the immigration system in half a century,” said Trump, flanked by the senators in the Roosevelt Room. “It is a historic and very vital proposal.”
