Donald Trump: “Very strong” merit-based immigration act to be signed soon

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Considered to be one of his signature campaign issues, Donald Trump has, for a long time, been seeking an overhaul of the US immigration system. A merit-based immigration system, in place of family ties, is on the agenda of President Trump.

In a recent speech, President Trump has reiterated his pledge with the announcement that soon a “very strong” merit-based immigration act will be signed by him, taking care of illegal immigrants.

Immigrants brought to the US illegally as children are protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [DACA] programme.

In a Rose Garden Press Conference at the White House, Trump told reporters that “We are going to be signing an immigration act very soon. It is going to be based on merit, it is going to be very strong.”

As per the President, “We are going to work on DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] because we want to make people happy….”

It is through the DACA programme that work permits and certain other protections are provided for individuals that had been brought – by their undocumented parents – to the US as children.

On an estimate, the DACA affects approximately 700,000 young people, a majority of them of South Asian or Indian descent.

Earlier, President Trump had attempted to get the Obama-era programme cancelled, but the Supreme Court had ruled that it could remain in place.

According to President Trump, “… we will be signing a very powerful immigration act. It will be great, it will be merit-based. The country has tried to get it for 25 or 30 years.”

Only time will tell as to what exactly is the “very, very big merit-based immigration action based on the DACA decision”.

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