The TV tells me that the Trump administration has laid some 70 changes to current immigration law on Congress today. Of course the TV newsies don't bother to list just what these changes might be. They did manage to say that the Democrats oppose them, no reasons given.
For myself, I like the idea of a DACA program. People who were brought into the US as children, who have stayed out of trouble with the law, graduated high school or college, who have served in the armed forces, who are gainfully employed, and who want to stay in the US, sound like good and decent citizens to me, and more good and decent citizens make America stronger. We need all the good and decent citizens w can get.
I think anyone who served in the armed forces and received an honorable discharge ought to be offered citizenship if they lack it. For that matter foreign nationals who worked with US forces as interpreters ought to be offered citizenship.
America can take in a lot of immigrants, but there is a limit. I'd set that limit at 1% of the current population, which is like 3 million immigrants a year.
Since a lot of people want to come to America, we can be picky about who we let in. Make a list of desirable characteristics, young, educated, married, married with children, English speaking, no matter how poorly, parents already in the US, healthy, valuable skills, and many more. Assign a point value to each desirable characteristic, and we let in the 3 million with the top scores. Everyone else gets to try again next year.
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