US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a sweeping immigration and border reform proposal that would utilize a “point-based selection process” that favors younger, educated, English-speaking workers, rather than focusing on familial ties.
The White House plan claims that it will not change the number of green cards allocated each year. “But instead of admitting people through random chance, [the President] will establish a simple, universal criteria for admission to the United States.” Trump says that the reform will cast a wider net and “increase the diversity of immigration flows into our country.”
