WASHINGTON Cheap Air Max Plus TN Ultra Limit Jade White , Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump backed legislation set to slash legal immigration on Wednesday by unveiling a "merit-based" system unfavorable for low-skill immigrants.
Introducing what he called the most significant overhaul of immigration in half a century, Trump said the current system "has not been fair" to U.S. workers as it allows entries of low-skill immigrants hired at a lower salary.
Struggling American families "deserve an immigration system that puts their needs first and that puts America first," Trump said in a speech at the White House, joined by the bill's sponsors, Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia.
The Cotton-Perdue bill, or the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act, was first introduced in February.
The early version of the bill was designed to cut legal immigrants onto the United States by 50 percent over the next 10 years.
After being reintroduced with some changes Cheap Air Max Plus TN Ultra Amry Green Rice White , the bill proposed to eliminate certain pathways to family-based immigration, stipulating that only spouses and minor children of the U.S. citizen and permanent residents would be eligible for green cards.
Meanwhile, the act creates a merit-based system that grades possible immigrants for earning a green card, a major attempt to completely overhaul the family-based approach.
Factors that would be taken into account in the competitive process include English language skills, education, financial capability, and age.
"And that's a very big thing. They're not going to come in and just immediately go and collect welfare," he continued.
The initial bill, stalled in the Senate for several months, was praised by the country's anti-immigration groups, while it is predicted to face an uphill battle through the Congress.
Shortly after the bill was unveiled, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said the bill would be "devastating" to the U.S. economy "which relies on this immigrant workforce."
Other critics argued that such measures would dissuade skilled immigrants who would otherwise want to come to the United States.
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ISLAMABAD Cheap Air Max 90 Ultra 2.0 Essential Triple Black , Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security forces have arrested 6 terror suspects and seized arms during search operations in two tribal regions, the military said on Tuesday.
The security forces on Tuesday carried out search operations in parts of Mohmand tribal agency, bordering Afghanistan, on reports of terrorist hideout, a statement from the army's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said.
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Meanwhile, the paramilitary Frontier Corps also conducted search operations in Orakzai Agency tribal region and arrested six suspects, the statement further said. A cache of arms and ammunition including rockets and mortars were also recovered.
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RAMALLAH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbasand and visiting U.S. delegation on Thursday in Ramallah, the West Bank Cheap Air Max 90 Zoom IT Golf Pirate Black , was "positive," a senior Palestinian official said.
The American delegation, which held talks with Abbas at his headquarters, included U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy and top negotiator Jason Greenblatt, son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner and Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell.
Nabil Abu Rdineh, an aide to Abbas, said in an official statement that the meeting was "constructive, deep and positive."
"The talks had seriously tackled all in-common issues," said Abu Rdineh, adding "President Abbas reiterated to the delegation the Palestinian political stances Cheap Men's Air Max 2018.5 All Black , mainly the principle of the two-state solution on 1967 borders and stopping all settlement activities."
Abbas aide said the U.S. delegation and President Abbas "agreed to continue their dialogue which aims at reaching a comprehensive and historic peace agreement."
According to Abu Rdineh, Abbas stressed on the international resolutions, the signed agreements, the roadmap and the Arab peace initiative.
At the meeting, Abbas said "the delegation works for peace and we are working together in order to