Qatar tribune Is Donald Trump softening his stand on legal immigration? If so, that would be a step forward. The former president has made his views clear on unchecked illegal immigration and a “big, beautiful wall.” Fine.
A nation has the right to control its borders. But there is a distinction between legal and illegal immigration, a reality that many progressives intentionally blur. And Trump during his first term was also reluctant to increase the supply of workers through legal immigration.
Immigration proponents have expressed concern that those in a second Trump administration would again embrace restrictive policies on legal entries. Last week, however, Trump signaled otherwise. On the “All-In-Podcast,” hosted by venture capitalists, he floated an idea to allow foreign students attending American universities to remain in the country upon securing a diploma as long as they went through a vetting process.
“What I want to do and what I will do is, you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country,” Trump said. “And that includes junior colleges, too. Anybody graduates from a college, you go in there for two years or four years.
If you graduate or you get a doctorate degree from a college, you should be able to stay in this country.” Indeed, to compete in the world economy — and bolster domestic companies — the United States needs high-skilled workers. Homegrown .
