May 20, 2019
Harvard graduate, Jared Kushner, wants to model the immigration system after the admissions system at his alma mater. Immigration will be a merit-based system focused on skills, recommendations from prospective employers, command of a foreign language (English,) and extracurricular patriotic activities. This comes from a wealthy, privileged white guy, who ironically got admitted to Harvard through his family’s connections and wealth. Does anyone believe that Trump or the Trump children got into Wharton on their merit? And whatever happened to the party of family values? Where is Dan Quayle when you need him?
And what could go wrong with such a system? Just ask Lori Laughlin and Felicity Huffman. This will create a whole new cottage industry of advisors dedicated to getting people into the country by hook or crook. Skills and education will be falsified. Diplomas from the University of Norway will be generally available to any Norwegian with the financial wherewithal to pay. Headshots will be photoshopped onto the bodies of engineers. Recordings of applicants speaking English will be faked. Unscrupulous employers being paid under the table will claim they are hiring immigrants until no one is looking.
Shouldn’t we be concerned about immigrants taking our good-paying jobs? However, I am not opposed to having skills and experience being a factor in considering applications for immigration as long as we start with skills and experience being factors in being employed in the White House.
The Spin Doctor 