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Musings on the RAISE Act
by Joseph P. Whalen
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Joseph P. Whalen is an independent EB-5 consultant, advocate, trainer and advisor.
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The issue presented by the RAISE act is not whether or not a point system is a good idea. The issue is whether non-white immigrants from outside Europe will continue to be welcome in the United States, as they have been for the past half century, ever since the civil rights era immigration reform law of 1965, which has been under attack by some of Trump's advisers and supporters who long for a return to the bigoted, white supremacist spirit (if not the exact letter) of the notorious "Nordics" only Johnson-Reed immigration act of 1924.
For the above reasons, the RAISE Act might more appropriately be called the RUSE Act; or, more appropriately still, the RACE Act.
Roger Algase
Attorney at Law