The Economist: on Immigration


Jeff Sessions: Skeptic of H1-B visa scheme that recruits skilled foreigners

There are some 11 million migrants in America without the right legal papers--a number so large that many in the Senate, from both parties, believe that not all can possibly be deported, so that law-enforcement should focus on those guilty of serious crimes and the government should offer a path to legal status for those who have built productive lives. Sessions disagrees. He has spent the last decade leading Senate opposition to bipartisan immigration reform bills, arguing that illegal immigration depresses wages and takes jobs from out-of-work Americans. On legal migration, he is a sceptic of the H1-B visa scheme that helps companies recruit highly skilled foreigners, such as scientists or engineers, accusing wealthy business bosses, the government, the national press and the "cosmopolitan set" of mocking the anxieties and needs of "everyday Americans." On the campaign trail Sessions has echoed Trump's focus on immigration as a menace to national security.
Source: The Economist newsmagazine coverage of 2016 Trump transition Nov 18, 2016

Jeff Sessions: Protect our communities with commitment to deport aliens

On the campaign trail Sessions has echoed Trump's focus on immigration as a menace to national security. On the eve of the election he called for a president willing to enforce immigration laws, saying that "without a commitment to deport aliens who violate our immigration laws, we lose our ability to protect our communities from criminal aliens, terrorism, and cartel-related crime and violence." As attorney-general it is safe to assume he will put intense pressure on so-called "sanctuary cities"-- mostly Democratic-run cities, including some of the country's largest, which typically instruct police officers or city officials not to ask people about their immigration status, and in some cases limit co-operation with federal immigration authorities. Such cities call it vital for immigrants to feel able to report crimes to police or interact with social services and schools without fear, and will resist federal pressure to turn their municipal officers into de facto immigration agents.
Source: The Economist newsmagazine coverage of 2016 Trump transition Nov 18, 2016

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