NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump reiterated his promise to quickly sign a “very strong” merit-based immigration act that will likewise look after the immigrants gave the country illegally as kids, much of whom are of Indian or South Asian descent.
Last month, Trump had suspended its H-1B visa programme, a popular choice among Indian migrants aiming to operate in the United States, till completion of December to “develop a reasonable, contemporary, and lawful system of migration” and to produce more tasks for Americans.
What will the new system appear like?
Thee information of the proposition, developed by Trump senior consultant Jared Kushner, are sketchy but seeks to move the United States away from a primarily family-based system and toward one that favours applicants with desirable labour-market qualities, to be chosen using a points system.
The proposition is believed to be in line with the point-based migration system adopted by several high-income nations, such as Canada. It will include immigrants who have ext