The following article by Jamie Dupree was posted on the WFTV website August 2, 2017:
Despite a very big public boost from President Donald Trump and White House officials, a plan to scale back on legal immigration into the United States, and to emphasize more highly skilled workers, faces a tough fight in the Congress, as key Republican Senators quickly signaled their disagreement with the plan.
“The President is all behind this,” Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) told me a few hours after he joined with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and the President at the White House on their bill, nicknamed the “RAISE” Act.
“This was a landmark event to get started on an issue that was a seminal issue for him in the campaign,” Perdue added. Continue reading “Difficult road ahead in Congress for bill to slow legal immigration into U.S.”