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Republican Senators David Perdue, Tom Cotton to unveil skills-based immigration bill at White House Wednesday

President Trump will join Republican Sens. David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas at the White House Wednesday to unveil legislation that proposes a skills-based immigration system and seeks an overall lower level of legal immigration, two sources have confirmed to the Washington Examiner.

U.S. SENATE MOVES TO EXTEND EB-5 PROGRAM AS IS

The Senate is moving forward with an extension of the EB-5 immigrant investor program as is and reforms to the program appear unlikely.

 

The provision to extend the program is included in the continuing resolution, a short-term budget bill that allows the government to keep running until early December.