Opinion: An Instagram-worthy immigration plan
President Trump arrives to deliver remarks on immigration from the Rose Garden at the White House on May 16. By Juliette Kayyem May 17 at 4:02 PM Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, is faculty chair of the homeland security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
This isn’t a plan worthy of serious discussion, a point underscored when some of the Republican senators who Kushner briefed earlier this week were left feeling that the White House had not done its homework. So thin on solutions when it comes to our real problems, it’s fair to say this plan is worthy of Instagram, the social media site where everything is great, everyone is skinny and nothing bad ever happens. And we move quickly to the next thing.
Turning those immigrants into citizens would require applicants to rack up “eligibility points.” Much of this is not new: Those seeking citizenship already have to pass tests, undergo health-care screenings and subject themselves to criminal background checks. Kushner’s plan would also favor those with strong English proficiency, job offers and high educational attainment. None of these qualities is inherently bad, but low-skilled workers are still badly needed in this country.
Fortunately, as announced by Trump, the new effort would rapidly “reunite unaccompanied children with their families back home.” This is an important goal, but the vagueness in the plan and description is so unserious as to be laughable. Which “unaccompanied children” are they talking about? Is it teens who arrive here alone or the children who were separated from their parents at the border? That, the plan does not address.
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