(The Blaze) –
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled his official
position on immigration reform over the weekend and some conservative
commentators were exceedingly supportive.
In fact, Ann
Coulter tweeted Sunday she believed his plan was “the greatest
political document since the Magna Carta” and so good she didn’t care if Trump
“wants to perform abortions in the White House after this immigration policy
paper.”
Calling
it “Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again,” the New
York business entrepreneur laid out his three core principles. Those being:
1. A nation without
borders is not a nation. There
must be a wall across the southern border.
2. A nation without
laws is not a nation. Laws passed in
accordance with our Constitutional system of government must be enforced.
3. A nation that does
not serve its own citizens is not a nation. Any immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security
for all Americans.
Trump’s plan would
deny citizenship to the babies of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as
part of an immigration plan that emphasizes border security and deportation for
millions.
Trump described his
expanded vision of how to secure American borders during a wide-ranging
interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” saying that he would push to end
the constitutionally protected citizenship rights of children of any family
living illegally inside the U.S.
“They have to go,”
Trump said, adding: “What they’re doing, they’re having a baby. And then all of
a sudden, nobody knows … the baby’s here.”
Native-born children
of immigrants — even those living illegally in the U.S. — have been
automatically considered American citizens since the adoption of the 14th
Amendment of the Constitution in 1868.
The odds of repealing
the amendment’s citizenship clause would be steep, requiring the votes of
two-thirds of both houses of Congress and support from three-fourths of the
nation’s state legislatures. Republicans in Congress have repeatedly failed
since 2011 to pass bills aimed at ending “birthright citizenship.” Some
conservatives believe that the granting of citizenship in such cases could be
changed without amending the Constitution.
“They’re illegal,”
Trump said, describing native-born children of people living illegally in the
U.S. “You either have a country or not.”
Trump said he would
also rescind Obama administration executive orders on immigration.
Trump’s plan details
how he would have Mexico pay for a wall, citing first the ill economic effects
and criminal activity that illegal immigration has contributed to in America,
while saying that Mexico has profited from the current system.
“The costs for the
United States have been extraordinary: U.S. taxpayers have been asked to pick
up hundreds of billions in healthcare costs, housing costs, education costs,
welfare costs, etc. Indeed, the annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to
illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011.
The effects on
jobseekers have also been disastrous, and black Americans have been
particularly harmed,” his position statement read.
“In short, the Mexican
government has taken the United States to the cleaners. They are responsible
for this problem, and they must help pay to clean it up,” his statement
continued.
Until Mexico pays for
a wall, Trump’s plan would “impound all remittance payments derived from
illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and
diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border crossing
cards – of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a
major source of visa overstays); increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from
Mexico (another major source of overstays); and increase fees at ports of entry
to the United States from Mexico [Tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also
options].”
Here are a few other
key points from Trump’s position statement. He said he would:
- Triple the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, funded by “eliminating tax credit payments to illegal immigrants.”
- Institute an e-verify system for legal employment. He also said he would require immigrants to prove they could pay for their own housing, health care and more to end abuse of the welfare system.
- End catch-and-release, instead detaining illegal immigrants until they are deported.
- Cut off federal funding to cities who refuse to comply with these immigration rules.
- Trump’s plan also detailed how he would require businesses to hire from the pool of unemployed Americans before issuing H-1B visas.“Petitions for workers should be mailed to the unemployment office, not the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services,” he wrote.His policy was endorsed by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) who chairs a Senate subcommittee on immigration. “This is exactly the plan America needs,” Sessions said in a statement. “Crucially, this plan includes an emphasis on lifting struggling minority communities, including our immigrant communities, out of poverty, by preventing corporations from bringing in new workers from overseas to replace them and drive down wages.”http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/08/17/read-the-new-donald-trump-immigration-policy-paper-that-ann-coulter-says-is-the-greatest-political-document-since-the-magna-carta/CommentsI stand with Trump and Sessions.Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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