West Wing Reads Why President Trump’s Immigration Speech is a Game-Changer

Why President Trump’s Immigration Speech is a Game-Changer “Even before the president did a microphone check for his immigration and border security speech in the White House Rose Garden Thursday afternoon, his critics were saying they hated his plan,” James Carafano writes in Fox News. “Good. That means he must be more right than wrong.” President Trump outlined his proposal for reforming America’s broken immigration system yesterday, transforming “the legal system first to one bringing in workers based on merit,” Carafano writes. “Today almost 90 percent of legal immigrants are extended family members, visa lottery winners and status adjustments. About 10 percent is based on merit. Let’s change that.” Click here to read more. “Attorney General William Barr has tasked U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation. If the Justice Department had done this two years ago, the country would be in a much better place,” Kimberly Strassel writes in The Wall Street Journal. “The esteemed duo can give the public confidence that Justice and FBI actions are getting a fair and thorough look.” “Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are about to sell American workers, and the country, down the drain. Now that the trade talks with China have turned testy, they are running away from their earlier support . . . If we are to win this all-important trade dispute with our Asian rival and level the playing field, the entire country – including Democrats – need to stand together,” Liz Peek writes in Fox News. “As we confront Beijing, nothing could be more important than a unified front.” “Consumer sentiment rocketed to its highest level in 15 years in early May as Americans grew more upbeat on the health of the economy and its path in 2019, according to data released Friday,” Thomas Franck reports for CNBC. “Consumers viewed prospects for the overall economy much more favorably, with the economic outlook for the near and longer term reaching their highest levels since 2004,” economist Richard Curtin says. “Ivanka Trump is on a roll in her campaign to win pledges from American companies to train workers for well-paying jobs,” Paul Bedard reports for the Washington Examiner. “In her latest stop this week...she won a promise to help train 1 million new salesmen and women. It came during a visit to Salesforce, the cloud-based customer management system, during which CEO Marc Benioff doubled his plan to provide training for 500,000.”