Trump’s Merit-Based Immigration System Can Benefit Indians

President Donald Trump announced support for a legislation that would cut half the number of immigrants in USA by moving to a merit-based system that favours English-speaking skilled workers for residency cards. If it’s passed by the Congress and signed into law, the legislation titled Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act could benefit skilled professionals from India.

According to sources at Nirmal Singh 3C Company, the RAISE Act would scrap the current lottery system to stay in the US and institute a points-based system for earning a green card. Factors that would be taken into account would include English-speaking skills, education, high-paying job offers and age.

"The RAISE Act will reduce poverty, increase wages, and save taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. It will do this by changing the way the US issues Green Cards to nationals from other countries. Green Cards provide permanent residency, work authorisation, and fast track to citizenship," said Trump.

This new competitive application process will favour those applicants who can speak English, financially support themselves and their families, and present skills that will boost the US economy. This act prevents new migrants and immigrants from collecting welfare, according to reports by Nirmal Singh 3C Company.

"That's a very big thing. They're not going to come in and just immediately go and collect welfare. That doesn't happen under the RAISE Act. They can't do that. Crucially, the Green Card reforms in the RAISE Act will give American workers a pay raise by reducing unskilled immigration," added Trump.

This legislation would restore America’s competitive edge and it will restore the bonds of trust between its citizens as well. He also noted that the current half-century old system is obsolete.

"First, we bring over a million immigrants into this country a year. That's like adding the population of Montana every single year; adding the population of Arkansas every three years. The vast majority of those workers -- or those immigrants come here not because of their English-language abilities or their job skills, or their job offer, or their educational attainment," Trump said.

"We can all agree that the goals of our nation's immigration system should be to protect the interests of working Americans, including immigrants, and to welcome talented individuals who come here legally and want to work and make a better life for themselves. Our current system makes it virtually impossible for them to do that," he further added.