Merit Points May Select Legal Immigrants
Lawmakers want to allow people into the country based on merit, and not just because they have family living in the United States. Republicans believe that we need to have more people who can help in the global economy and that a point system is the way to go.
Immigration lawyer Stephen Yale-Loehr of the Cornell Law School talks with Steve Inskeep about Congress' attempt to overhaul immigration policy.
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