Schumer cosponsored the 2013 immigration bill that would've replaced diversity visa w/ merit based

[highplainsdem]

The House GOP blocked it.

In the Senate, 32 Republicans also opposed the bill. Including Jeff Sessions.


Tweets from former Obama admin official Chris Lu:

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013 Schumer-sponsored immigration bill would've eliminated diversity visa program. House GOP blocked bill 1/2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/04/16/the-senate-immigration-bill-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

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Among the 32 Senate Republicans opposing bipartisan bill that would've eliminated diversity visa program: the current Attorney General 2/2

From that WaPo article, the section on the changes to the Diversity Visa Program:

The Diversity Visa, which uses a lottery to distribute 55,000 permanent resident visas every year to natives of countries with low rates of immigration to the United States, would be eliminated starting in 2015. It would be replaced with a merit-based system using a mix of family ties, work history in the United States and strength of work skills. That would start at 120,000 visas per year and then grow to a maximum 250,000, growing by 5 percent every year that there are more applicants than spots and unemployment is below 8.5 percent.

But of course Trump won't mention this, if he even knows it (though I'm sure many around him are aware of it).

Just as he won't mention that the Diversity Visa Program was part of an immigration bill signed and praised by President George H. W. Bush.

[octoberlib]

1. Great post! Thank you!

[highplainsdem]

2. You're welcome! I always suspect that whatever Trump says is at least partially a lie, so I

just started looking for the facts.

[Clarity2]

3. Yes

Thanks, I'm passing this one around.

This is how the GOP won. Blocking Dem's & Obama's bills, making them look like they were lax on immigration, fear mongering about terrorism. Completely dirty politics when you are voting against something that's good for the country, and is your own belief, just to make the president & dems look bad.

[highplainsdem]

4. Exactly. The GOP has consistently put party over country. It can result in short-term political

gain, but it's been doing long-term damage to our country and the entire world.