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RAISE Act: Global panel of scholars explains 'merit-based' immigration

  • Written by Alex Reilly, Deputy Dean and Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
imageA naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Editor’s note: In February, U.S. Republican senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue, with President Donald Trump, unveiled an immigration bill called the RAISE Act. It would create a “merit-based” points system for evaluating foreigners applying to come to the U.S. through...

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