Trump immigration megathread

[rob in cal]

  So did something happen between his hints yesterday afternoon and the speech last night, in which he seemed to return to his previous ideas, and specifically spoke out against current legal immigration policies.

[rob in cal]

   I think Bannon and Miller would like less immigration in general, but that the proportion of those immigrants who do still come are higher skilled, so basically cut down on family based immigration and the visa lottery.  Sen Cotton's and Perdues current proposal does that.

[rob in cal]

   In his Phoenix speech on the day he met with Nieto, Trump spoke about returning the US to historic levels of immigration, which could be interpreted in different ways, depending on what times in US history, but from the context of the speech it implied less was a good thing.  Of course during the campaign the centerpiece of his immigration plank was the wall.

[rob in cal]

  Just a few years back there was a small core of Dem senators who were for less immigration, not too big on amnesty etc, such as Dorgan, Byrd, Nelson (of Nebraska) and even Harry Reid in his 90's version.  Now, I wonder if only Manchin would fit that description.