Trump’s Plan
Mr. Trump’s platform for immigration reform had ten core planks.
There will be a physical wall along the southern border and “Mexico will pay for the wall.†“They don’t know it yet, but they’re going to pay for it.†Trump was not explicit on how he would make Mexico pay for the wall in this speech, but his campaign website proposes to use tariffs on Mexican goods, issue visa fees, and cancel remittances from Mexican nationals working in the United States.
The features of this wall will include “above and below ground sensors†to find and dislocate tunnels, aerial surveillance, and increased manpower to patrol the border including 5,000 newly hired border patrol agents.
Trump declared a unilateral end to the “catch and release†policy of the Obama administration. “Under my administration anyone who illegally crosses the border will be detained until they are removed out of our country and back to the country from which they came.â€
Trump insisted there will be “zero tolerance for criminal aliens.†He cited “federal data†showing that two million criminal aliens are presently in the United States and declared that a Trump administration would begin deporting them in cooperation with local, state, and federal authorities on “day one.
Additionally, Trump said his administration will "issue detainers for illegal immigrants who are arrested for any crime whatsoever, and they will be placed into immediate removal proceedings.†He proposed tripling the number of ICE deportation officers, reinstating the Secure Communities Program and pledged to ask Congress to pass Kate’s Law “to ensure that criminal aliens convicted of illegal reentry receive strong mandatory minimum sentences."
Sanctuary cities will be cut off from federal funding. “Cities that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars, and we will work with Congress to pass legislation to protect those jurisdictions that do assist federal authorities.â€
Trump says he will cancel Obama’s unconstitutional DACA and DARPA executive orders and enforce all standing immigration laws. “No one will be immune or exempt from enforcement.â€
The issuance of visas to “any place where adequate screening cannot occur†will be suspended. The Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Justice will be tasked with the development of a “list of regions and countries from which immigration must be suspended until proven and effective vetting mechanisms can be put into place.â€
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Trump calls this “extreme vetting.†Screening tests for applicants for visas will include questions that ask their views on “honor killings, about respect for women and gays and minorities, attitudes on radical Islam†and “many other topics.â€
“We will insure that other countries take their people back when they order them deported.†Trump noted there were “at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back†after deportation and blasted Hillary Clinton’s state department for ignoring law that requires the agency to stop issuing visas to these countries. “The result of her misconduct was the release of thousands and thousands of dangerous criminal aliens who should have been sent home to their countries,†Trump said.
A bio-metric entry-exit visa tracking system will be completed to ensure that individuals who have overstayed their visas are removed from the United States.
E-Verify will be used to ensure that illegal aliens are not permitted to take advantage of welfare programs. “Immigration law doesn't exist for the purpose of keeping criminals out. It exists to protect all aspects of American life,†Trump said. “The work site, the welfare office, the education system, and everything else.â€
Trump cited a Center for Immigration Studies estimate that “62 percent of households headed by illegal immigrants use some form of cash or non-cash welfare programs like food stamps or housing assistance.†These individuals who are illegally taking advantage of tax-payer funded programs will be targeted for removal.
The legal immigration system will be reformed to emphasize “assimilation,†“integration,†and “upward mobility.†Trump proposed the creation of a “new immigration commission†to develop reforms that will limit immigration levels “by population share within historical norms†and prioritize the admittance of individuals “based on their likelihood of success in U.S. society and their ability to be financially self- sufficient.â€
Trump promised that “[t]hese 10 steps, if rigorously followed and enforced, will accomplish more in a matter of months than our politicians have accomplished on this issue in the last 50 years.â€
Immigration security is the only conversation we should be having at this time, Trump said as his speech concluded. He called for the full energies of the government to zero-in on this issue and demanded that the media confront Hillary Clinton on the question of immigration security.
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