In recent news, President Trump, who has consistently adhered to the "America First" policy, announced a new immigration reform plan in the Rose Garden of the White House. This plan primarily includes: reducing family-based immigration, eliminating the immigration lottery, increasing skilled immigration, prioritizing immigration based on merit, and retaining only exceptional immigrants. This comprehensive overhaul of the immigration reform plan will fundamentally disrupt the immigration system and structure that has been in place in the United States for decades.
The plan will focus on reducing family-based immigration to the United States and supporting employment-based immigration, significantly changing the types of individuals permitted to immigrate to the U.S. "The newly announced immigration plan aims to transform the U.S. immigration system into a source of pride for America and envy for the modern world." The introduction of this plan clearly demonstrates Trump's determination to completely reform the existing immigration system in the United States.
In the announced plan, the number of green cards issued annually in the United States will remain unchanged at approximately 1 million, and the net immigration number will not decrease, but the immigration structure will be fundamentally altered. The current immigration criteria in the United States are: 12% of individuals obtain legal status based on skills, 66% rely on family members for status, and 22% are humanitarian or asylum seekers. Trump will change this criterion to: 57% relying on skills, i.e., skilled immigrants, 33% relying on family members, i.e., family-based immigrants, and 10% being humanitarian or asylum seekers.
At the same time, Trump emphasized that the green card lottery program will be terminated in the future, replacing it with a "merit-based system," which will evaluate foreign applicants for immigration. Trump also stressed that the U.S. will begin implementing an "immigration points system," which will comprehensively score immigration applicants based on their age, English proficiency, whether they have job opportunities exceeding a certain salary threshold, educational background, and professional certifications. Currently, specific scoring details have not been provided, but it is evident that this system will favor younger individuals and those with higher education and income levels. White House officials stated: "We aim to change the demographic structure of new immigrants," with the goal of selecting "the immigrants most likely to succeed in America."
Additionally, the immigration reform plan proposes three categories of "high-skilled" individuals, namely: individuals with extraordinary abilities, professionals in "occupations urgently needed in the U.S.," and "outstanding students," which is a new "U.S. visa" program proposed by Trump.
All of the above indicates that Trump's immigration reform adheres to the "America First" policy, and the new immigration system clearly aims to shift the immigrant population towards those with higher education, skills, and income.
However, it is worth noting that if this reform passes, it will be a significant benefit for some outstanding talents and particularly exceptional individuals. But for those considering immigration who cannot meet the higher standards, immigrating to the United States will be a distant dream. Therefore, for such individuals, it is advisable to plan early and choose immigration methods with looser conditions, lower thresholds, and fewer requirements to immigrate to the United States.
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