President Donald Trump is promoting new legislation to overhaul the US immigration system, drastically cutting the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country and implementing a "merit-based" visa scheme. If passed, the Raise Act would cut the number of immigrants allowed into the United States by 50 per cent over the next 10 years. It would eliminate diversity lottery visas and crack down on so-called "chain immigration" – visas provided based on family connections, rather than jobs skills. He claimed it would "reduce poverty, increase wages, and save taxpayers billions and billions of dollars". "This competitive application system will favor applicants who can speak English, financially support themselves and their families, and demonstrate skills that can contribute to the US economy", Mr Trump said.
Mr Trump frequently spoke out against illegal immigration during his campaign, accusing immigrants of stealing jobs from American workers and bringing crime into the country. As President, he has pushed for the construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border, and implemented a travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries.
To Kamal Essaheb, director of policy and advocacy for the National Immigration Law Center, these policies are an attempt to shift the blame for Mr Trump's legislative failures onto the immigrant community. "We’ve seen this during the campaign and we’re now seeing this, unfortunately, in his policies", Mr Essaheb said. "This is a President who has found his scapegoat."
Disponível em: <www.independent.co.uk/news/>. Acesso em: ago. 2017. Adaptado.
According to the text, fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).
The new immigration policy announced by Donald Trump would
( ) eliminate immigration into the United States.
( ) favor financially stable English speakers.
( ) decrease the number of poor people.
( ) raise income taxes.
The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is
