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Position Paper: Donald Trump on Immigration (2016 Election) - November 8, 2016

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Prioritize the jobs, wages and security of the American people.

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Establish new immigration controls to boost wages and to ensure that open jobs are offered to American workers first.

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Protect the economic well-being of the lawful immigrants already living here by curbing uncontrolled foreign worker admissions

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Select immigrants based on their likelihood of success in the U.S. and their ability to be financially self-sufficient.

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Vet applicants to ensure they support America's values, institutions and people, and temporarily suspend immigration from regions that export terrorism and where safe vetting cannot presently be ensured.

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Enforce the immigration laws of the United States and restore the Constitutional rule of law upon which America's prosperity and security depend.

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Donald J. Trump's 10 Point Plan to Put America First

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1. Begin working on an impenetrable physical wall on the southern border, on day one. Mexico will pay for the wall.

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2. End catch-and-release. Under a Trump administration, anyone who illegally crosses the border will be detained until they are removed out of our country.

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3. Move criminal aliens out day one, in joint operations with local, state, and federal law enforcement. We will terminate the Obama administration's deadly, non-enforcement policies that allow thousands of criminal aliens to freely roam our streets.

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4. End sanctuary cities.

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5. Immediately terminate President Obama's two illegal executive amnesties. All immigration laws will be enforced - we will triple the number of ICE agents. Anyone who enters the U.S. illegally is subject to deportation. That is what it means to have laws and to have a country.

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6. Suspend the issuance of visas to any place where adequate screening cannot occur, until proven and effective vetting mechanisms can be put into place.

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7. Ensure that other countries take their people back when we order them deported.

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8. Ensure that a biometric entry-exit visa tracking system is fully implemented at all land, air, and sea ports.

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9. Turn off the jobs and benefits magnet. Many immigrants come to the U.S. illegally in search of jobs, even though federal law prohibits the employment of illegal immigrants.

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10. Reform legal immigration to serve the best interests of America and its workers, keeping immigration levels within historic norms.

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Read More on Donald J. Trump's 10 Point Plan to Put America First, here.

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Read Mr. Trump's Remarks in Phoenix, Arizona, in Mexico City, and at the Remembrance Project Luncheon.