igration system, intended to favor high-skilled immigrants and restrict family-based migration.Speaking at ▓the White House, Trump said tha
t his pla▓n aims to create a "fair, modern and lawful syste▓m of immigration for the United States.""The biggest change we make is to increase
the proporti▓on of highly skilled immigration from 12 percent to 57 percent, and we'd like to even se▓e if we can go higher," Trump said. "This will bri▓ng us in line with other countries and make us glob
ally competitive.""We cherish the open door that we want to ▓create for our country. But a big proportion of those immigrants must come i
n through merit and skill," said the president, noting that immigrants, under▓ the plan, will also be "required to learn English and to pass a civics exam prior to admissi
on."According to the White House, the proposal would tighten fami▓ly-based migration to focus on allowing nuclear families who migrate to the United Stat▓es, rather than exte
nded family members.Currently, about two-thirds of the 1.1 million people allowed to migr▓ate to the nation each year are given green cards granting permanen
t residency because of family ties.Trump's plan, which does not add protections to ▓Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival recipients, is expected to draw littl
e support from Democrats who have railed against the administration▓'s lack of support for so-called "Dreamers▓," who were brought to the United States as children by undocumented parents.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ▓slammed the proposal as "condescending," signaling that Democrats would not support legislation that does not include a pathway to ci