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To the Point

What should America look like?

President Trump is supporting a new Senate bill on legal immigration, called the RAISE Act , standing for "Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment."  Trump wants legal immigration based on high skills and earning potential — not on family ties — and he'd reduce it by half.

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By Warren Olney • Aug 8, 2017 • 1 min read

President Trump is supporting a new Senate bill on legal immigration, called the RAISE Act, standing for "Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment." Trump wants legal immigration based on high skills and earning potential — not on family ties — and he'd reduce it by half.

But high-skilled workers may not show up if they can't bring their families, and the economy may need more low-wage workers than it can produce. Beyond economics, this "nation of immigrants" has welcomed newcomers from all over the world, with the goal of "diversity." Will that be replaced by "assimilation" — as America's existential question heats up again?

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Sáša Woodruff

    Producer, 'To the Point'

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    Yael Even Or

    Producer, 'Press Play'

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    Dara Lind

    senior reporter covering immigration for Vox

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    Vivek Wadhwa

    Carnegie Mellon University Engineering at Silicon Valley

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    Council on Foreign Relations

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