Trump likes
Aussie “Immigrant Merit” system – but wants this model
Introduction: Trump wants
his version of a new immigration policy (see below) – based on the Aussie model
he likes and all the statements he and his advisers have made on this subject –
perhaps the Aussie model or EU model are not so hot – I suggest based on what
he has said and tried to do – adopt the model shown above – that way he gets
total, 100%, absolute control – which is a DNA-based Trump gene anyway.
Background – which we all pretty much know and
have accepted since our forefathers landed here is this basic school lesson:
The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia,
in 1607. Many of the people who settled in the New World came to escape
religious persecution. The Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth, Massachusetts,
arrived in 1620. In both Virginia and Massachusetts, the colonists flourished
with some assistance from Native Americans.
Many since, and I’d argue most, came here if not broke
nearly so and with only the clothes on their backs. Every immigrant since helped
made America GREAT.
What we do not need not is this lopsided, biased and bigoted
immigration proposal now floating in the W/H with Trump keen support.
In nearly 400 years,
immigrants have had different reasons to come to America – but mostly they all
share one common thread:
1. To escape
war,
2. For the
freedoms we always broadcast most proudly,
3. To practice any religion of their choice,
4. For the
opportunity to own land, and
5. To have a
choice and chance to work, escape poverty, raise a family, and live freely.
Now Trump along
with many who share his same “racist bigoted views” plan to end all that by adopting
the Australian
model based (or so it seems) – one based on “a merit system” for all new legal
immigrants. That in essence curbs American citizens’ ability to bring family
members here to live with or alongside them.
Thus, a sick parent, disabled
brother or sister, or young relative would not be welcome. Nope – no can do. “Signed Donald J. Trump.”
(MY SHORT MEMO FOR
MR. TRUMP: We ARE NOT
Australia. We broke free from that Crown and are no longer under a Queen or
King. Australia governs itself through its PM, but Queen Elizabeth the
2nd, is still the monarch, and thus since Australia is a constitutional
monarchy, the queen has power over them).
Now Trump says: “It
is a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to
support themselves financially.”
(I wonder: Did Trump relatives come here rich –
did the
former Drumpf family, before they changed their name to Trump,
all speak fancy. skilled English and did they all have fancy graduate degrees and
money dripping out of their suitcases when they arrived”
(I Note: I can’t
wait to hear his version of that. My ancestors did not arrive the way he wants immigrants
to arrive in the future – re: his new rule – and I’m sure the readers here forefathers
did not, either.
This Trump approach
— making sure new immigrants are not a
burden on the country’s safety net and are able to prosper financially — is
at the core of Australia’s immigration laws.
Trump wants “a points-based system, which favors
people based on their English proficiency and the skills they have to fill
needed jobs, and an employer-nomination system, which allows businesses to
sponsor people for jobs.”
Under this Trump plan proposed by two Republican
senators (Cotton from AR and Purdue from GA), applicants for legal residency in
the United States would be judged on the basis of education, language and job
abilities, favoring those who can speak English.
They would be able to financially support themselves
and have skills that contribute to the economy. Currently, most legal immigrants
are admitted to the United States based on family ties to those already in the
country.
This all ties in with the nasty
display in the W/H by that moron Stephen Miller – a senior aide who ranted a hot tongue to a CNN reporter: “One of
the things I think is the most compelling about the Australian system is the
efforts to make sure that immigrants are financially self-sufficient.”
Miller continued: “We are establishing a new entry system that’s points-based: Can they
support themselves and their families financially? Do they have a skill that
will add to the U.S. economy? Are they being paid a high wage?”
(Q for Miller: Where did
your rich ancestors come from, um?)
Yeah this Stephen
Miller: Miller was a
controversial presence on Duke’s campus, writing columns for the college
newspaper attacking feminists, atheists, liberals, and beneficiaries of
affirmative action at Duke and all in stark raw terms.
He went on to work for then-Alabama senator and
now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions after his stint at university.
That landed him in the Trump orbit. Miller has been
one of the most ardent backers of the “nationalist-populist” agenda seen as the
brainchild of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. Those two also
collaborated on one of the new administration’s most controversial executive
orders – the so-called Muslim ban.
One word applies to this latest from Trump is: “Un-American.” And, Sens. Cotton and
Purdue should be ashamed, too.
Stay tuned.
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