{"id":6188,"date":"2017-02-16T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T16:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=6188"},"modified":"2017-02-16T16:38:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T16:38:50","slug":"title-new-immigration-bill-seeks-reduce-legal-immigration-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/title-new-immigration-bill-seeks-reduce-legal-immigration-half\/","title":{"rendered":"New Immigration Bill Seeks to Reduce Legal Immigration By Half"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Joseph G. Ballstaedt<\/a><\/p>\n

Two Republican Senators from Arkansas and Georgia, Tom Cotton and David Perdue, have sponsored new legislation that would limit legal immigration. It is reported<\/a> that this legislation\u2014the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act or RAISE Act\u2014would cut by more than half the number of refugees permitted to enter the United States and that it would end a federal green card lottery program. This lottery program is seen as a method of increasing diversity in the visa system by giving visas to countries with lower rates of immigration to the United States.<\/p>\n

Senator Cotton has justified the proposed legislation, explaining<\/a>: “The goal here is to get our immigration levels back to historical norms, to take something of a pause to allow the economy to catch up with the immigrants that we have allowed into our country over the last two generations, and to focus on the well-being of American citizens, those citizens who are here today, many of whom are struggling economically.”<\/p>\n

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