Huh?
So if they show up with a college application and complete their degree (2 or 4 year) they ARE home free?
Does the man realize what he’s saying?
MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview posted Thursday he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he typically uses on the campaign trail.
Trump was asked about plans for companies to be able to import the “best and brightest” in a podcast taped Wednesday with venture capitalists and tech investors called the “All-In.”
“What I want to do and what I will do is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to be able to stay in this country. And that includes junior colleges too, anybody graduates from a college. You go there for two years or four years,” he said, vowing to address this concern on day one.
Immigration has been Trump’s signature issue during his 2024 bid to return to the White House. His suggestion that he would offer green cards — documents that confer a pathway to U.S. citizenship — to potentially hundreds of thousands of foreign graduates would represent a sweeping expansion of America’s immigration system that sharply diverges from his most common messages on foreigners….
Note…
In a statement released hours after the podcast was posted, campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “President Trump has outlined the most aggressive vetting process in U.S. history, to exclude all communists, radical Islamists, Hamas supporters, America haters and public charges. He believes, only after such vetting has taken place, we ought to keep the most skilled graduates who can make significant contributions to America. This would only apply to the most thoroughly vetted college graduates who would never undercut American wages or workers.”
Hes going to back off on this.
MAGA world is already trashing it.
As often happens with these extremist movements ,Trump is becoming a captive of his own creation.
If he tries to deviate from the hate he has engendered,the rabble will quickly bring him back in line.
Excellent point Jack…..
Thru the years i point to Trump Democratic or moderate side…..
It comes out and he gets slamdanced by the wingnuts
Abortion is prime example
He cried that GOPer’s should shy away from absolutism on the subject….
His view is its up to the states which means he’s alright with some allowing it!
He IS a captive of his audience….