Roy Beck of Numbers USA (a group that is strongly in favor of reducing illegal immigration and (it appears to me, reducing legal immigration) has
reviewed Fred's Immigration policy very favorably.
IN A TREND OF INCREASINGLY DETAILED EXCELLENT POLICY PROMISES BY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES -- THOMPSON HAS SET A NEW HIGH STANDARD
When Fred Thompson came out with a detailed immigration policy this fall, I knew it was very good but was too busy leading the fight against amnesties in the Senate to give thorough attention.
Reading Thompson's full proposed immigration policy this afternoon, I am blown away by its depth, its breadth and at how it would so fundamentally change Americans' future for the better.
The key aspects, particularly that Beck points to are:
- Ending Chain Migration (where all your distant relatives get to come with you
- Eliminate the visa lottery, presumably to use national needs as the determining factor to issue visas
- No amnisty
- Attrition through enforcement (enforce the rules and people will go back home)
- Mandatory use of E-Verify by businesses
- Finish the fence
- End Sanctuary Cities
There are several others. They see a negative the fact that Fred has not set explicit goals for numerical reduction in immigration, though they acknowledge that his plans would greatly reduce those numbers. I am not sure that a reduction is really what would be good for the country.
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