Trump Requirements to Immigrate to US Leave Many Americans Realizing They Couldn’t Come to America
Would You Qualify? Take the Test.
Do you have what it takes to immigrate to America under President Donald Trump’s proposed rules? Probably not.
TIME magazine turned the requirements for Trump’s RAISE Act, a point system, into a questionnaire, and people are posting their results to Twitter.
Veteran journalist Helen Kennedy, for example, says she’s a no:
I was born abroad and according to Time’s questionnaire, I would not qualify to immigrate here under Trump’s rules. https://t.co/NpExnpdy8u pic.twitter.com/OlhDBpXfau
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) August 8, 2017
Applicants would have to accumulate 30 points.
Trump’s requirements give a large number of points to people who are young. If you’re over 50, you get zero points on that marker.Â
Those with no high school diploma get zero points. A bachelors degree from outside the U.S. nets just five points. From an American college or university, six points.
Fluent English speaking applicants, which Trump stressed last week he wanted when he rolled out his proposal, get 12 points, a large number.
Trump: Bill would favor immigrants who “can speak English, financial support themselves…and demonstrate skills” needed in US economy. pic.twitter.com/bBfNf7jhhZ
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 2, 2017
No job offer or an offer with a salary of $77,900, about 38% higher than the national average ($56,516), nets you, yup, zero points. Above $77,900 nets just five points. A whopping $155,800 nets 13 points.
Curiously, a Nobel Prize gets you almost a guarantee: 25 points, and an Olympic medal – in the past eight years only – gets you half the way here: 15 points.
Are you loaded and plan on investing cash in the U.S.? Congratulations! Foreign currency worth at least $1.8 million (U.S.) to invest in a new commercial enterprise gives you 12 points.
How did others do?
U.S. film director and writer for The Advocate: Nope –
I would not qualify to immigrate to the US under the RAISE Act. You can take the test here.https://t.co/Ljo5sm5ga1 pic.twitter.com/hChMwyGJPg
— Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) August 7, 2017
Social Media Editor at HuffPost: Nope –
According to Trump’s new immigration bill, I wouldn’t qualify to immigrate to the US. And I was born here. https://t.co/yI040TJ9fv
— Rowaida Abdelaziz (@Rowaida_Abdel) August 8, 2017
Novelist, columnist, professor: Nope –
I’m a tenured professor with multiple degrees and published books, and I wouldn’t qualify to immigrate to the US under this plan, either.
— Laila Lalami (@LailaLalami) August 8, 2017
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author: Nope –
Would you get in? I wouldn’t…New York Times Best seller, self-employed, able to pay lots of taxes…but nope. https://t.co/jCme7xMwvg
— Cindy Dees (@cindydees) August 8, 2017
President of National Women’s Political Caucus, LA Metro: Nope –
I don’t qualify — would you? Think on that awhile. Find Out If President Trump Would Let You Immigrate to America https://t.co/uwMPUQuKUx
— Sarah Kate Levy (@sarahkatelevy) August 8, 2017
Economist, PhD candidate University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems. Carnegie Mellon University alum: Nope –
Major credit to TIME for making this interactive test. With 26 points, I would not be allowed to immigratehttps://t.co/IknA7ULpCj
— Brent Heard (@bheard42) August 8, 2017
Immigration attorney: Nope –
1/ Highly educated, very high tax paying immigration attorney… Could not immigrate to USA under Trump plan. https://t.co/9KA0finvhD
— Steven Langer (@stevenlanger) August 8, 2017
Teacher: Nope –
Like everyone I know, I couldn’t immigrate to America under Trump’s “RAISE Act.” #ImmigrantsMakeAmericaGreat https://t.co/JqbsZau4Od
— Ryan McCarty (@RyanCMcCarty1) August 8, 2017
For the record, yours truly would not qualify either.
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