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The RAISE (Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment) Act is a bill first introduced in the United States Senate in 2017. Co-sponsored by Republican senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue, the bill sought to reduce levels of legal immigration to the United States by 50% by halving the number of green cards issued.
[43] [44] The RAISE Act seeks to reduce levels of legal immigration to the United States by 50% by halving the number of green cards issued. The bill would also impose a cap of 50,000 refugee admissions a year and would end the visa diversity lottery. A study by Penn Wharton economists found that the legislation would by 2027 "reduce GDP by 0.7 ...
Immigration reductionists differ on the ideal level of immigration they would like to see into the United States. Some believe the numbers should be set each year at whatever level would, in conjunction with the current fertility rate and emigration from the U.S., maintain zero population growth in the country.
There are now 3 million more job openings since pre-pandemic times and according to one economist, a slowdown in immigration is a contributing factor.
On January 20, 2025 President Trump signed Executive Order 14155: "Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program" Executive order. This executive order does the following: Entry into the United States of refugees under the USRAP be suspended. This suspension shall take effect at 12:01 am eastern standard time on January 27, 2025.
President Joe Biden receives an operational briefing from U.S. Border Patrol, USCIS and ICE at the Brownsville Border Patrol Station on February 29, 2024.. The immigration policy Joe Biden initially focused on reversing many of the immigration policies of the previous Trump administration, before implementing stricter enforcement mechanisms later in his term.
This is a list of U.S. states and the District of Columbia by annual net migration. The first table lists U.S. states and the District of Columbia by annual net domestic migration, while the second table lists U.S. states and the District of Columbia by annual net international migration, and the third table lists U.S. states and the District of Columbia by annual net combined migration, which ...
To put those numbers in perspective, the median household income in 2025 is $75,580 — nearly three times the poverty threshold. 2025 Poverty Guidelines by State