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Favor implicates who speak english and are well educated. the president has praised the immigration systems of canada and australia, which use a points system to prioritize skilled immigrants, but according to the nonpartisan publication, econofact, no country admits immigrants exclusively through this system. for example, canada also admits immigrants on the basis of family ties and this part is going to be important in a minute, for humanitarian reasons. and there is some evidence that immigra...

Them? >> they are already criticizing the visa pathway. they dont like the points system. they say they have to compete against legal immigrants for a limited number of visas. you know, when you talk about what democrats can accept, one of the things i get the sense republicans miscalculated is where the democratic base is on this issue. when you talk to the daca recipients and talk to the young advocates who swarmed washington over months and mainly talked to the democrats, they are very clear....

To do and end the entire daca program in two years and starting with march this year. what the judge did, he did not rule on the merits of the case. he issued a temporary injunction and he said it would be irreparable harm to the daca individuals if they were forced to leave this country right now. hes going to stop it and now its going to meyaier its way through the courts and end up in the supreme court unless this spineless inept congress can get together and issue a bipartisan bill. trump is...

Chain migration forget that foundational principle of our immigration laws been to reunite families. this principle has been eroded in recent years and administration officials seem to be poised to make it worse." >> they are going to clean the system up. its time to make certain that we change the way people come here. look at what recently happened in new york. the last two occurrences there, the visa lottery and chain migration. lets stop it. we know where this is happening, but we know where...

Chain migration forget that foundational principle of our immigration laws been to reunite families. this principle has been eroded in recent years and administration officials seem to be poised to make it worse." >> they are going to clean the system up. its time to make certain that we change the way people come here. look at what recently happened in new york. the last two occurrences there, the visa lottery and chain migration. lets stop it. we know where this is happening, but we know where...

Through chain migration. denouncing decent people, including some relatives of mine. we have every obligation to have a serious immigration policy. we are the only country that still does it this way on any large scale. i think some of the side about terrorism and all that is a bit of a red herring. it doesnt matter. we get to decide who gets to be a citizen, where they come from. >> bret: the legislation is a skilled faced points system. eliminates diversity visa lottery and limits refugees, of...

About this merit-based system as opposed to the diversity system, kind of an open lottery. wouldnt it be better to get people who have certain skills that we know would help our economy? >> you bet, david. we should have a merit system. a point scale with points awarded for being willing to work really, really hard or having advanced degrees and under my points system, people from mexico and china would get high scores. >> and rich, we know that this merit-based system works in other countries, ...

>> mark: president trumps crackdown on illegal immigration cranking out. new government data, 31% combined spike in removal orders and voluntary departures. compared to the same period last year. jim coincides with positive news for an immigration plan. according to a new poll by politico, 61% of voters support a proposed points system for potential legal immigrants. criteria such as english proficiency, work skills. i stumbled on the word proficiency.

Fix a broken legal immigration system that makes sure america gets the best and brightest from across the globe. >> mark: are you in favor of that? english-speaking, australian style points system? >> eboni: i think we have to watch some of the requirements. dont want to limit what could be otherwise bright and important talents that could have an economic benefit just because someone doesnt speak english. there could be more variations there. >> kat: i didnt speak english the moment i entered t...

I very much spoke up against that. i dont think thats in our national security interest, i dont think thats the direction to go. immigration proposal that was put forward last week. i think its fine to move to a points system, we did that in the bipartisan bill in the senate, but you cant cut immigration, legal immigration in half. and so ill stand up against that. and the behavior in the white house as well. i mean, referring to our colleagues across the aisle as losers or clowns is just not th...