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Continued from Front ages and employment his-
He said in a statement that tories.
his agency "is tasked with According to a study by
enforcing the law, not a the nonpartisan Migration
poem." Policy Institute, the rules
It's another defiant step in would likely reduce immi-
President Donald Trump's gration from Mexico and
long march to change Central America, while in-
the way the nation thinks creasing it from other re-
about immigrants, an ap- gions, especially Europe.
proach he hopes will win The income standards, in
over enough voters to particular, could lead to
earn him a second term. reduced rates for Mexican,
He's added another layer Central American, Carib-
of certainty that the 2020 bean, African and Asian
campaign will be deeply applicants. Canadian and
rooted in a cultural battle Austrian applicants could
over national identity. likely benefit, as could ap-
But he faces an accom- plicants from non-white
panying danger that his countries like India and Ja-
hard line will further en- pan.
ergize Democrats, alien- The study also found the
ate suburban women and new rules would have put
prompt a swell of newly most recent legal perma- Acting Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli, speaks dur-
registered Latino voters. nent residents at risk of de- ing a briefing at the White House, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Washington.
Democrats have been nial, with 69 percent of the Associated Press
quick to charge that the past five years' green card
enforcement pivot the ad- recipients displaying at in towns in the industrial agingly about immigration Norway. Immigration offi-
ministration announced on least one of the "negative heartland and other eco- from majority black and cial Cuccinelli seemed to
Monday — to block many factors" identified by the nomically depressed areas Hispanic countries, includ- limit the reach of the Statue
legal immigrants who re- government. The rules are of the country still reeling ing calling Mexican immi- of Liberty poem in an inter-
ceive public benefits from also likely to make it harder from job losses as the rest of grants rapists and criminals view with CNN on Tuesday
being granted green cards for the parents of U.S. citi- the country was experienc- when he launched his 2016 night. He said it was refer-
— was rooted in sowing ra- zens to join their children ing an economic recovery. campaign. Last year, he ring to "people coming
cial animus. in the country because And Trump has continued privately branded Central from Europe where they
"This administration final- they're more likely to be to push that message. American and African na- had class-based societies
ly admitted what we've older, not working and fac- His administration has tried tions as "shithole" countries where people were con-
known all along: They think ing health challenges. to severely limit the number and he suggested the U.S. sidered wretched if they
the Statue of Liberty only "America's always been of migrants claiming asy- take in more immigrants weren't in the right class."
applies to white people," a path to success for mil- lum in the U.S. and has dra- from European countries His own agency seems to
tweeted former Texas Rep. lions of people and now matically reduced refugee like predominantly white like the original. q
Beto O'Rourke, a Demo- America wants to make it admissions — with further
cratic presidential candi- so that it's a path only for reductions possible next
date. those who have already month when refugee limits
The president and his aides succeeded," said Aaron for next year are unveiled.
"have further stained this Reichlin-Melnick, a policy He has also endorsed leg-
country's tradition as a analyst at the American islation that would slash le-
beacon of hope for im- Immigration Council. gal immigration rates, while
migrants," said Hispanic Trump rose to the White at the same time pushing
Federation President José House fanning unease for a wholesale overhaul
Calderón. "Shame on about an increasingly di- of the kinds of immigrants
them." verse nation, where de- who should be permitted,
Depending on how the mographic and immigra- favoring those with certain
new "public charge" rules tion trends are projected skills and high-wage job of-
are applied, experts say to make whites a minority fers over those with family
that changes intended to in less than two decades. ties to the U.S.
predict whether applicants As Trump told it, immigrants Blunted by Democrats in
are likely to use public ben- were stealing his support- Congress, he has turned to
efits could dramatically ers' jobs and driving down administrative action, with
alter the makeup of im- their wages, denying work- mixed results withstanding
migrants eligible for green ing class whites opportuni- legal challenges.
cards or permanent resi- ties for success. In addition to the changes
dency in the U.S. by taking Immigrants were effective he's made and proposed,
into account their incomes, scapegoats, especially Trump has spoken dispar-