Trump proposes automatic green cards for foreign students graduating from US colleges. The MAGA backlash was immediate.
Trump Green Lights More Green Cards
The Wall Street Journal notes Trump Green Lights More Green Cards
“Let me just tell you that it’s so sad when we lose people from Harvard, MIT, from the greatest schools and lesser schools that are phenomenal schools also,” Mr. Trump said on the All-In Podcast with Silicon Valley grandees last week.
“But what I want to do, and what I will do, is you graduate from a college I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to be able to stay in this country, and that includes junior colleges too,” Mr. Trump added. “Anybody graduates from a college, you go in there for two years or four years, if you graduate, or you get a doctorate degree from a college, you should be able to stay in this country.”
Welcome Surprise
This is not just a surprise, but a welcome one. The US needs a comprehensive immigration policy that makes sense.
It’s hard to see this baby step getting where it needs to be, but at least it is a step in the right direction.
2023 Florida Flashback
In 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that made it a third-degree felony for unauthorized people to knowingly use a false identification to obtain employment. And businesses that knowingly employ unauthorized workers could have their licenses suspended.
Construction Workers Headed for Indiana
The dirty little secret is the US needs migrant workers to pick crops, work on construction projects, clean hotels, etc.
What If We Sent Them All Back?
If we really sent them all back all the illegal immigrants as some propose, our economy would collapse.
But open borders are not the answer either. Cities are running out of resources to feed, shelter, and provide medical care for the immigrants.
A Trump Killed a Very Good Deal
President Trump had an offer from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for $25 billion to build a wall in return for amnesty for dreamers.
Trump turned it down and here we are. It’s not that a wall would be totally effective, because it wouldn’t. But it would be more effective than an open border.
It would be a huge mistake to send back immigrants who have been here for a long time and are productive members of the US economy. If we did, everyone could expect worse service than we had at at the height of the Covid pandemic.
Steve Banon Trashes Trump’s Idea
Newsweek reports Steve Bannon Comes Out Against Donald Trump’s New Idea
Bannon, among other supporters of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement, disagrees with the ex-president’s proposal, telling Newsweek in a text message that non-U.S. citizen college students should “leave the country and go home immediately after graduation.”
In another text, the War Room podcast host added: “This is not a plan—President Trump tossed out an idea on a podcast—and his most fervent supporters tossed it back.”
Extreme Politics
Biden has things so loose it’s hard to deport criminals. And what does he propose to do about all of the income inequality the open border causes?
On the other side of the aisle, how do Republicans propose getting crops picked and construction projects staffed?
Banon thinks it OK to train skilled workers he then send then packing.
Why should the country have to choose between extreme nonsense on the left or extreme nonsense on the right?
Unfortunately, that is the choice.
Trump just made a sensible proposal. Fools trashed it. If Trump wants to win the election and win big, he needs more moves like this on.
Trump Reaches Out to Nikki Haley, Good Move!
On Mau 26, I commented Trump Reaches Out to Nikki Haley, Good Move!
Nikki Haley Will Be ‘On Our Team in Some Form’, says Trump.
Marco Rubio Suddenly Emerges on Trump’s Short VP List, Why?
On June 22, I commented Marco Rubio Suddenly Emerges on Trump’s Short VP List, Why?
Trump once belittled Rubio as “little Marco”. And Rubio once called Trump a “con artist”. However, the pair has mended, if not melded. What’s going on?
Other than being the youngest, Vance age 39, offers nothing. A white male who want to abolish abortion brings nothing but huge negatives to the ticket.
In addition, Vance is the biggest MAGA in the group. That’s a decided disadvantage, assuming Trump would rather win than get adulations from the base.
Tim Scott is black. But in contrast to Rubio and Gabbard, he is a poor speaker coupled with a very discrediting stance on abortion.
Tulsi Gabbard Rings All Six Bells
Tusli is a woman, young, an amazing speaker, not MAGA, a person of color, and a moderate on abortion. She’s also attractive which may matter to a lot of men.
She rings six of six bells.
I believe Trump would win in a landslide if he picked Gabbard. The base would not like that pick, but so what? Is Trump seeking adulation or does he want to win?
I seriously don’t know. But his move on immigration is a welcome step.