RAISE ACT

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RAISE ACT

>prioritize the most highly skilled immigrant

>reduce amount of immigrants coming into the country

>replaces the current permanent employment-visa framework with a skills-based system that rewards applicants based on their individual merits.

>eliminates the outdated Diversity Visa lottery system

>limits permanent resident status for refugees to 50,000 a year

>reduces overall immigration numbers to limit low-skilled and unskilled labor entering the United States

>system is similar to the merit-based immigration systems used by Canada and Australia.

>system rewards education, English-language ability, high-paying job offers, past achievements, and entrepreneurial initiative.

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