Mic.com reports:
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced support for new legislation that would seek to curtail legal immigration to the United States by imposing a skills-based system that would prioritize immigrants based on current work-force needs. If passed, the plan would reduce the number of immigrants the U.S. will allow into the country.
Trump said the legislation — known as the RAISE Act — will “favor applicants who can speak English, financially support themselves and their families and demonstrate skills that can contribute to our country.”
He added that the bill would ensure that immigrants cannot receive welfare benefits as soon as they come to the country — something that already exists in current law. Trump called the legislation the “most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century.”
Pres. Trump: The Raise Act will favor green card applicants who can speak English, financially support themselves, contribute to economy pic.twitter.com/Xww4ZLTAul
— ABC News (@ABC) August 2, 2017
we want to give green cards only to people who speak english? so when do we revoke trump's citizenship?
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 2, 2017
Would Melania qualify under this new "speak English" rule?
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) August 2, 2017
I'm the grandson of an immigrant who didn't speak a word of English. So is Donald Trump. WE'RE only Americans today bc America let THEM be.
— Benj Pasek (@benjpasek) August 2, 2017
Tom Cotton saying "Speak English" repeatedly during the RAISE act press event makes me cringe.
It encourages confrontations like this one. pic.twitter.com/okBRivQfTr
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) August 2, 2017
Tom Cotton has said "speak English" four times in the last two minutes…
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) August 2, 2017