Opinion

GREAT TRUMP: Trump Rolls Out Legal Immigration Revision, Media Call Him Racist. Of Course.

Ben Shapiro

On Wednesday, Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-LA) went to the White House to announce a new immigration bill alongside President Trump. Trump announced the plan thusly: “This would be the most significant reform to the immigration system in half a century. It is a historic and very vital proposal.”

Trump points out in his proposal that the system of legal immigration currently in place costs the United States in terms of welfare (“More than 50 percent of all immigrant households receive welfare benefits, compared to only 30 percent of native households in the United States that receive welfare benefits”). This is eminently correct. It is also true that legal immigration should take into account the culture of immigrants — are they likely to assimilate to American notions of liberty?

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