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He's not just marking time, he's pursuing what he believes will make america great american. lifting up the american worker, the american family, and the american tradition. >> president trump: our proposal is pro american, pro immigrant, and pro worker. it's just common sense. it will help all of our people, including millions of devoted immigrants to achieve the american dream. >> laura: his plan would basically end the current legal immigration dynamic under which 1.1 million people are given green cards to live and work in the united states, they don't reduce the number but the frame work ...

Against chain migration and is now talking aboutmer it based. what do you think melania's parents who are all the sudden u.s. citizens and living in the united states are, you think they're genius visas, that they came here because they're so financially solvable? >> what are you saying? he's a hypocrite. he has got undocumented workers working in his golf courses, building his buildings. they have been found time and time again to be part of the trump organization and let's pretend that's not happening. >> that may be the case because it has been reported and it shows that she's right on thos...

Undocumented workers working on his properties. this is a man who rambles on against chain migration and is now talking about merit based. well, what do you think melania's parents who are all of a sudden u.s. citizens and living in the united states are? you think they're genius visas? you think they're coming here because they're so financially soluble? >> what are you saying? he's a hypocrite. he has got undocumented workers working in his golf courses, building his buildings. working in his restaurants. they have been found time and time again to be part of the trump organization and let's...

Liberty. >> what exactly -- just so our viewers know -- are you saying is racist here? >> well, you know, this business about you must speak english or we're going to give you points for speaking english. we don't want poor people, we won't wanl those people who are earning substantial wages already. all of those things are not keeping in step with the way that we treat human beings. and even the fact that, you know, he used to talk about chain migration. when you were able to help others in the family come. he's going to limit that. i think that some of those policies are racist. >> we just h...

Employment and skills. under the plan, 57% of people who obtain green cards and citizenship will do so based on employment and skills. 33% based on family connections with 10% for everything else, including humanitarian visas and the lottery. it reduces family-based immigration, which he talks about when he talks about legal migration. joining us to look at this is susan cohen, founder and chair of the immigration foundation. susan, good to see you. this idea of chain migration. it has been introduced into the lexi con as something that is bad. talk to me about what it is and what it does and ...