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Donald Trump’s Immigration Plan Would Discriminate Against Minorities And Muslims (Salon)

February 02, 2018

From the article:

A study by a nonprofit think tank has found that Trump’s plan would preference white and non-Muslim immigrants
 
If implemented, the immigration plan pushed during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address would disproportionately bar people of African descent, Hispanics, Muslims and Catholics, according to a recent study.
 
The Center for Global Development found that the most recent immigration reform proposal would reduce black (non-Hispanic) immigration to the United States by 63.9 percent and Hispanic (any race) immigration by 58.2 percent. By contrast, white (non-Hispanic) immigration would only be reduced by 34.6 percent, less than any of the other groups covered in the study. They were followed by Asians (non-Hispanic), who would see a 40.2 percent drop in their immigration numbers, and Pacific (non-Hispanic), who would see a 42.3 percent drop in their immigration numbers.