After tax reform, Trump plans to implement the largest immigration reform in the United States in 30 years

After tax reform, Trump plans to implement the largest immigration reform in the United States in 30 years. The White House is launching a publicity campaign to evaluate the family-based immigration system implemented in the United States over the past 30 years...

The largest tax cut (tax reform) bill in the United States in 30 years is about to be finalized. At the same time, the White House is launching a publicity campaign to evaluate the family-based immigration system implemented in the United States over the past 30 years and prepare to vigorously promote the merit-based immigration system next year.

The Associated Press reported that the U.S. government is collecting data to support the idea that the current immigration system is not only inconsistent with the interests of American workers, but may also be dangerous to the United States and Americans.

White House: Data-driven policy

White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said: "We believe in data-driven policy, and these data will help drive votes in Congress on comprehensive immigration reform."

White House officials described their strategy to The Associated Press last week and said the data showed that (the immigration system) needs immediate changes. However, the current political environment in the United States will make immigration reform difficult. Before the 2018 midterm elections, some congressional Republicans are unwilling to participate in major immigration debates.

reported that immigration reform may be one of the key points in President Trump’s State of the Union address on January 30. The White House also plans to promote the issue through other statements by the president, introductions by cabinet officials or in conservative media outlets.

Data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security show that from 2005 to 2016, of the 13 million immigrants the United States absorbed, nearly 9.3 million immigrants came to the United States through relative immigrants. In the past 10 years, only one in fifteen immigrants obtained a green card and entered the United States because of their good skills.

Other planned reports include a report on the number of immigrants in U.S. jails, an assessment of immigration court backlogs and delays in processing asylum cases, and a government document on the link between immigration and terrorism.

Gidley said: "The more people who know the real numbers, the more they will understand that this is bad for American workers, this is bad for American security. Frankly, when these numbers come out in full, we believe this is going to be almost impossible for Congress to ignore (the problem)."

Critics have questioned the government's selective use of past data as misleading.

will represent the most fundamental change in the U.S. immigration system in the past 30 years

The current U.S. government’s proposal to reform family-based immigration (relative-based immigration) will represent the most fundamental change in the U.S. immigration system in the past 30 years. This would lead to an end to "chain migration," an immigration policy that allows one immigrant to bring a series of family members to the United States. US authorities plan to replace it with a points-based system (merit-based) that favors education and employment potential, a measure increasingly accepted by other countries such as the UK.

Officials say the White House hopes Congress will begin taking up the issue in early 2018, though it has not yet held extensive discussions with congressional leaders on legislative strategy.

On December 11, a homemade bomb terrorist attack occurred in Manhattan, New York. The suspect involved was a Bangladeshi who immigrated to the United States through relatives. Trump and his aides once again called for tightening immigration in the United States and ending "chain migration." He said in a statement that the United States' "lax immigration system allows many dangerous and inadequately vetted people to enter our country."

Halloween terrorist attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov entered the United States through the U.S. Department of State’s Green Card Lottery Immigration Program (also known as the Diversity Immigration Visa Lottery, referred to as DV).

Attorney General Sessions said in a statement: "In less than two months, two terrorist attacks occurred in New York City. These terrorist attacks were caused by our failed immigration policies (green card lottery program and chain migration) that were not in the national interest."

On August 2 this year, Trump and Republican Senators David Perdue and Tom Cotton jointly announced the direction of future immigration reform, adopting a "merit-based system", significantly reducing the number of family-based immigrants, and stopping the issuance of green cards to relatives other than spouses and minor children of U.S. residents; in the next 10 years, the number of green cards issued will be reduced from 1 million to 500,000 per year; the green card lottery will be cancelled; the annual quota for refugee applications for green cards will be reduced to 50,000.