Describe Policy Issue: Legal Immigration Into America

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The policy issue I will focus on is to curb legal immigration into America through proposing a policy change of skills-based immigration system. There is a high level of immigration in the United States; for instance, every year, a large number of Mexicans and Cuban moves into America and this negatively affects the American economy. Although immigrants assimilate faster within the U.S. compared to diverse European nations, immigration policies have become a very contentious issue in the United States. Whereas most of the debates revolve around cultural concerns, the economic impacts of immigration are vibrant: economic analysis has discovered that inflows of Cuban labor have greatly reduced employments or American’s Salary. This is the case because there is cheap labor force due to increased population.
The immigration policy I recommend is to curb legal immigration. According to Merica and Murray, reporters with the CNN, this kind of proposal will protect United States workers through minimizing unskilled immigration as well as developing a merit-based system which ranks potentia...