Nolan writes:
“. . . .
Republicans have introduced a DACA bill, the Securing America’s Future Act (H.R. 4760), but the ACLU may be right in describing it as a “collection of hard line provisions designed to sabotage, rather than advance, the possibility of a bipartisan breakthrough.”
Highlights from this 414-page bill:
Legal immigration
- End the Diversity Visa Program
- End chain migration
- Reduce legal immigration levels by about 25 percent
Border security
- Authorize President Trump’s wall
- Hire 5,000 Border Patrol Agents and 5,000 CBP Officers
- Expand the use of the National Guard
- Establish an entry-exit system at all ports of entry.
Prevent future illegal immigration
- Make E-Verify mandatory
- Crack down on sanctuary cities
- Enhance penalties for deported criminal aliens who return illegally
- Make illegal presence a federal misdemeanor
- Authorize quick return of unaccompanied alien minors apprehended at the border
DACA
- Provide temporary legal status for the 790,000 DACA participants that would have to be renewed every three years.
. . . .
It is apparent that Trump’s approach to putting together a DACA fix is far more likely to succeed than the one proposed by House Republicans.”
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Go on over to The Hill for Nolan’s complete, yet refreshingly succinct, analysis.
PWS
01-14-18