I'm getting sick and tired of the MSM lumping together legal and illegal immigration, and painting someone as anti-immigrant if they only oppose illegal immigration.
Trump supporters beat up Cruz for MONTHS over this exact issue.
Will they be consistent ?
There hasn’t been any flip flopping just confusion created by the establishment media and Cruz...
This will be regarded as another brilliant statement by flip-flopping Trump.
Not necessarily the case: there’s a difference between allowing PhD’s in with green cards vs. H1B’s, who are, as Trump pointed out, simply temporary workers brought in to replace Americans and lower wages.
Cruz for President.
That is in essence the policy in most countries. Exceptions are based on colonial legacies (British Commonwealth) and treaty (European Union). So a German doesn't need to jump through hoops to get a work permit for a job in France, and an Indian or Australian can come into Britain and find work. But an American and his prospective employer have to demonstrate that he or she has qualifications which no native possesses. That should be the rule and strictly enforced here for all jobs.
Trump’s supposed flip-flop during that debate was probably due to the enforced boredom of having to listen to Kasich. I would assume a fellow debater has to go through the process of shutting him ot to avoid psychic pain, and also being alert because he may attack you and you will have to respond to him. I noticed that my mind begins to wonder whenever Kasich speaks during the debate, and I have started to hit the mute button whenever he speaks. It started when he said something like, “We should all come together and love one another,” or when he walked forward and embraced the weepy guy begging for a hug.
Incidentally, I would hold the total number of immigrants granted permanent status to under 100,000 a year; and I would restore the National Origins formula to apportion that limited number. But the point you make here, is not an indictment of Trump--not at all, even if he would allow a few thousand more folk in than I would. He is the one who has done more to stiffen America's backbone on this issue, than any other living person.
So you are upset that Trump agreeded with Senator Cruz’s position?
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=137
Sen. Cruz Presents Measure to Strengthen, Improve Legal Immigration
Offers amendment to increase H-1B visas to help improve, retain high-skilled labor force
May 14, 2013
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press@cruz.senate.gov / (202) 228-7561
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today presented an amendment to the Gang of Eight immigration bill that would improve our nation’s legal immigration system by increasing high-skilled temporary worker visas, called H-1B visas, by 500 percent. The measure would effectively address the needs of our nation’s high-skilled workforce by helping meet the growing demand for workers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. It will also make block grants available to states to promote STEM education efforts and increase domestic STEM professionals. The committee voted against the amendment 4 to 14 with every Democrat voting against it on a party-line vote.
“I strongly support legal immigration. Legal immigration is a fundamental pillar of our nation’s heritage, and I was pleased today to offer legislation that would have improved and expanded legal immigration by dramatically increasing the cap for high-tech temporary worker visas. This amendment would not only improve the current system, but would also encourage economic growth and create new jobs in America. There is currently a serious shortage of workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, yet every year we send thousands of high-tech graduate students back to their home countries to start businesses and create jobs. This makes no sense. I’m disappointed in the committee’s vote to reject expanding high-tech immigration. Although the Gang of Eight’s bill makes a modest step towards improving high-tech immigration, it does not go nearly far enough. There is no reason to arbitrarily cap high-tech visas at 110,000 when these jobs are going unfilled. We need economic growth here and now.”
Sen. Cruz’s amendment would:
Immediately increase the H-1B cap by 500 percent from 65,000 to 325,000.
To truly fix our broken immigration system and take into account our nation’s economic needs, we must put more emphasis on increasing employment-based immigration. There is a current shortage of qualified high-skilled workers in the U.S., with an estimated 230,000 advanced-degree STEM jobs going unfilled by 2018.
Additionally, more H-1B workers mean more jobs for American workers – according to a study by the American Enterprise Institute, for every additional 100 H-1B workers, 183 jobs are created for U.S. citizens.
Help retain the high-skilled workers that are trained in the U.S. by allowing “dual intent.”
This would allow foreign students at U.S. colleges and universities to enter the U.S. on a temporary H-1B visa if they intend to get a Green Card once they complete their studies.
Currently, about 300,000 students come to America annually to be educated, but are required to return home upon completing their education.
Create block grants for states to promote STEM education in their public schools by raising H-1B fees.
These block grants will encourage educating our children in these high demand fields, opening more doors of opportunity to future generations. According to the Joint Economic Committee, between 2010 and 2020, demand for STEM graduates is expected to grow by 17 percent, while employment for those graduates will increase only 14 percent, partly because American graduates are not available or qualified to fill these jobs.
The block grant program would be funded by raising H-1B fees from $750 to $1,250 for businesses with fewer than 25 employees, and from $1,500 to $2,500 for those with 25 or more employees.
Not enough people graduating in engineering programs to make up the difference....
When trump comes out as a leftist again his trumpsters will follow him and say nothings wrong with leftist ideas!
The systemic approach SHOULD be to make it less costly to retrain American workers than to bring in a new H1-b worker. With that in mind, the cost of a new H1-b should be the median for that job / industry plus a certain percentage. Further, that visa should be limited to no more that 24 months.
T.Rump is just another politician who will say anything to get elected so he can use the power of the government to expand his own person power and wealth.
I just figured out what is going on with Trump. Remember the movie Trading Places where two rich guys made a $1 bet on how people will behave based on circumstances?
I think Trump made a bet with a fellow billionaire that he could win the GOP nomination while talking about his penis size, making his supporters take a loyalty pledge that makes them look like Nazis, supporting planned parenthood, giving money to the most likely democrat nominee, and calling his supporters uneducated. Looks like Trump is going to win that bet too!
The H1b workers are high tech. Donald needs to get his facts straight and articulate publicly where the hell he stands. He is losing people, especially those of us so affected by to many legal and illegal immigrants too fast.
Got it. Only Trump matters. Cruz flaws are to be ignored or whitewashed at all costs.
In Iowa he said lands in the West should be controlled by the Feds. In Nevada he said he knew nothing about it.
If anyone is actually trying to get informed about issues- The only consistent thing about Trump, is that he's inconsistent.