Immigration proposal would lower the bar of American values

The nation’s legal immigration system is in dire need of reform, but a new bill will only make us poorer and less free.
Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Alabama and David Perdue of Georgia recently introduced the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy, or RAISE, Act. The legislation, which has the endorsement of the Trump administration, would reduce legal immigration by half over 10 years and implement a new merit-based points system for determining immigration eligibility. Pre