NR Daily: The Case for Skills-Based Immigration

Shortly after Arkansas senator Tom Cotton and Georgia senator David Perdue released the RAISE Act, a bill that would, among other things, sharply reduce legal-immigration levels, it occurred to me that its very reasonableness was, to use the language of the moment, triggering. In an interview with MSNBC, Luis Gutiérrez, a Democratic congressman from Chicago, denounced the bill as racist. So too did Republican strategist Ana Navarro, herself a Nicaraguan immigrant and a fixture on CNN. And they were hardly alone, as evidenced by thousands of tweets, retweets, and Facebook missives from distinguished members of America's scrupulously objective press corps ...

August 28 2017

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The Case for Skills-Based Immigration Reihan Salam Shortly after Arkansas senator Tom Cotton and Georgia senator David Perdue released the RAISE Act, a bill that would, among other things, sharply reduce legal-immigration levels, it occurred to me that its very reasonableness was, to use the language of the moment, triggering. In an interview with MSNBC, Luis Gutiérrez, a... READ MORE Monument Madness John Fund In The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the historian Edward Gibbon notes that in its latter stages, Roman citizens were fond of vandalizing or removing monuments to an unpopular leader.... A Break from the Total Eclipse of America's Heart Kathryn Jean Lopez The solar eclipse this August was a marvel. After all, people were looking up and not at screens! There was a widespread sense of wonder at creation at a time when it's far from a given that we... ADVERTISEMENT Antifa Just Showed Its True Colors. Again. David French If 2016 is the year when our political parties failed, inflicting on America arguably its worst presidential choice in our nation's history, then 2017 is when our broader institutions began to... ​​​​​​​Maestrissimo, Part I Jay Nordlinger Editor's Note: In the August 14 issue of National Review, we had a review by Jay Nordlinger of Harvey Sachs's Toscanini: Musician of Conscience. This week, in his Impromptus, Mr. Nordlinger is... Mr. President, End DACA The Editors Recent reports suggest that President Trump is torn about what to do about DACA, the de facto amnesty for so-called DREAMers instituted by Barack Obama. We understand the hesitation, since many... A Bad Pardon The Editors The announcement of the pardon of former Sheriff Joseph Arpaio on a Friday night — the time usually reserved for getting out bad news — suggests that some people at the White House might have... ADVERTISEMENT Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn Evan S. Connell "A scintillating book, thoroughly researched and brilliantly constructed." - The Wall Street Journal "Leaves the reader astonished." - The Washington Post LEARN MORE Hurricane Harvey Photos of the Week ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.