The most stringent immigration bill in the United States may be released! The number of family immigrants has been significantly reduced

> The most stringent immigration bill in the United States may be released! China News Service, January 24, US Chinese Network comprehensively reported that earlier this month, at the White House...

China News Service, January 24, US Chinese Network comprehensively reported that earlier this month, with the support of the US White House, Republican congressmen in the House of Representatives proposed a new immigration bill to slash the number of legal immigrants, end chain migration, and protect nearly one million "Dreamers" from deportation. If passed, this bill will become the most restrictive immigration bill since 1920.

This bill, called the "Securing America's Future Act" (H.R. 4760), emphasizes tightening border security, ending chain immigration (that is, immigration through family members), canceling the green card lottery program, and allowing "dream students" to continue to stay in the United States.

According to the bill, the number of new legal immigrants in 2019 will be reduced by 420,000 (38%). Previously, the proposer of the bill stated that there will be a reduction of 260,000 new immigrants (25%).

The new bill will significantly reduce family-based legal immigration and cancel the green card lottery.

The family immigration canceled include:

Adult children of U.S. citizens, nearly 50,000 quotas have been cancelled.

For spouses, children and adult children with green cards, all the 120,000 quotas have been cleared.

Brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens immigrate, there is no longer a quota of more than 67,000.

There was once a quota of more than 170,000 for parents of U.S. citizens to immigrate, but it will be canceled in the future.

The quota for spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens will not be affected.

The number of occupational green cards will increase from more than 130,000 in 2018 to 195,000.

The number of refugee admissions remains at 45,000 per year.

The number of asylum seekers decreased from 37,209 in fiscal year 2018 to 18,605.

Republican House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte previously told the media: "The President believes that the Securing America’s Future Act we proposed will correct some of the shortcomings in our immigration system."

Goodlatte said that this bill funds the construction of a border wall to ensure entry and exit control at the southern border and increase the deployment of immigration personnel. In the future, the bill will also restrict immigrants from bringing their families into the United States, terminate the green card lottery system, crack down on sanctuary cities, and will not give "Dreamers" a special channel to obtain citizenship.

This bill is the same as the skills-based "Immigration Reform and Employment Act" (Raise Act) previously proposed by Republican Senators David Perdue (Georgia) and Tom Cotton (Arkansas). The "RAISE Act" also proposes to limit the number of family-based immigrants and reduce the number of new legal immigrants by 470,000 (43%) in 2019.

Both bills support the elimination of the green card lottery and "chain immigration." The "Immigration Reform and Employment Act" also lowers the upper age limit for U.S. citizen children to obtain green cards from 21 to 18 years old, while the "Securing America's Future Act" proposes to reduce the number of asylum seekers. In addition, the bill also increases the number of employment-based immigrants.

House Republicans said that spouses and children of green card holders will continue to be able to obtain green cards, but they will reduce the number of people waiting for status (parolees) who have stayed in the United States for more than a year.

In the history of the United States, only two bills, the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the Quota Act of 1924, required a major reduction in the number of legal immigrants. After these two laws were implemented, the number of new immigrants dropped by 496,000 in 1922, and dropped again by 413,000 in 1925.