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RAISE Act cuts legal immigration by half, promises to lift wages

Hosted by Warren Olney Aug. 08, 2017 National
The President says legal immigration should be cut in half, with Green Cards based on "merit" and not on family connections. Would the US survive as a "nation of immigrants" if it only admitted "the best and the brightest?

Photo by Jeff Warren

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