middle class, and they will do it quickly and they will be very, very happy indeed. >> let's talk about this now with maria santana, cnn and espanol anchor and correspondent and nancy santiago in mexico city. maria, just explain to us how a merit-based immigration system might work. >> hi, good afternoon, brianna. it basically applies another level of scrutiny which determines which immigrants can and cannot come into the country el legally. it gives well educated highly skilled immigrants who can be competitive in the job market. it allows u.s. citizens and others to sponsor family members in the u.s. and does not take into account the finances or education or skill level. that would all change on this plan. in the trump speech he said this