Donald Trump backs plan to cut immigration by half in 10 years

President Donald Trumphas announced that he backs a plan to reduce legal immigration to the United States, reducing the number of green cards for extended family members and seeking to create an system based more on merit and skills than family ties. Mr Trump said the measure, reducing the number of green cards by half, would represent "the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century." The proposal, introduced by David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, wo