Sarah good afternoon, everyone. Before we get started, i want to headed over to Stephan Miller to speak to you about the rays act that the president endorse this morning. Take it away, steve. Steven great to be here today to talk to you about the president s new proposal for Immigration Reform. I will just walk through the basics of it and then we will take some questions and hopefully be able to answer all of them. This is the largest proposed reform to our immigration policy in half a century. The most important question, when it comes to u. S. Immigration system, is who gets a green card. A green card is the Golden Ticket of u. S. Immigration. Every year, we issue a million green cards to foreign nationals from all the countries of the world. But we do so without regard to whether that applicant has demonstrated the skill that can add to the u. S. Economy, whether they can pay their own way or be reliant on welfare, or whether they will displace or take a job from an american worker. As a result of this policy, in place now for many years, we have seen significant reductions in wages for bluecollar workers, massive displacement of africanamerican and hispanic workers, as well as the displacement of immigrant workers from previous years who oftentimes compete directly against new arrivals were being arrivals who are being paid even less. So it is a policy that exacerbated wealth inequality in the country in a significant way. You have seen over time, as a result of this historic low of unskilled immigration, a shift in wealth from the working class to welfare corporations and to wealthier corporations and businesses. It has been very unfair for American Workers, but especially for immigrant workers, africanAmerican Workers, and hispanic workers, and bluecollar workers in general across the country. At the same time, it has cost taxpayers an rsa because roughly enormouslypayers because roughly half of immigrant headed households in the United States receive some type of welfare benefit, which i know is a fact that many people might consider stanching. Astonishing. But it is not surprising when you have an immigration system that doesnt look at questions like skill level or selfsufficiency. So this proposal has several major historic changes. First, it eliminates socalled chain migration. Right now what does chain migration me . If you coming mean . If you come into the United States and get a greeting card, it gives the recipient a lifetime Work Authorization and allows them to bring and a fasttrack to u. S. Citizenship and all the benefits that come with being an american citizen. And so the individual right now who are receiving green cards, they can bring in, say, an elderly relative who can immediately go on to public assistance if they become unable to support themselves financially. Then that person can bring in a relative who can bring in a relative who can bring in a relative who can bring in a relative. That is why they call that chain migration. Over years, that has deskilled workers in america. We are hoping to limit migration to spouses and minor children, and a new entry system that has a pointsbased system. It will look at does the applicant speaking wish . Can they support themselves and their speak english . Can they support themselves and their families . Can they add to the u. S. Economy . If a company is offering three times the median wage, that person will get more points on their application. All of a sudden, you are putting upward pressure on wages rather than downward pressure in your making it very hard to use immigrant labor to sensitive American Workers. By prioritizing higher paid workers, you basically end the practice more or less of being able to seek a permanent residence to come in at lower pay. That is a major historic change to u. S. Immigration policy. The effect of this, switching to a skillsbased system and ending unfettered chain migration, would be over time cut migration in half. Which polls support by the American People in huge numbers. This is what President Trump campaigned on. He talked about a throughout the campaign, threat the transition, thebout it throughuot campaign, throughout the transition, and since coming into office. This is a major promise to the American People, to push for meritbased Immigration Reform that protects u. S. Workers, protects u. S. Taxpayers, and protects the u. S. Economy, and that prioritizes the needs of arrows citizens, our own citizens, our own residence, and our own workers. It is proamerican Immigration Reform that the American People want, that the American People deserve, and puts the needs of the working class ahead of the investor class. With that, i would gladly take a few questions. You talk about [indiscernible] without becoming law, it will not be implemented. Where are they cover mice point for the president . Stephen it has been my spirits in the legislative process that there are two kinds of proposals. There are proposals that can only succeed in the dark of night and proposals that can only succeed in the light of day. This is the latter of those two. The more that we as a country have a National Conversation about what kind of immigration system we want and to whom we want to give green cars to, the more momentum green cards to, the more momentum to change. Look at the polling data in many key battleground states across the country. Over time, you will see a Massive Public push for this kind of legislation. Because immigration affects every aspect of our lives. It affects our schools, hospitals, working conditions, labor market, our tax base, and communities. It is a deeply personal issue for americans. So you will see Massive Public support for this. Ultimately, members of congress will have a choice to make. They can vote with the interest of u. S. Citizens and u. S. Workers or they can vote against their interest, and whatever happens as a result of that, i think, would be so predictable. How do you was this into an already jampacked legislative calendar . We will have to have conversations with Senate Leadership and house leadership about the steps forward. This is an issue we campaigned on. The American People voted for by electing donald j. Trump. We are predicting bluecollar workers and bringing in workers who can add to the economy. I really think this is a historic moment that happened today. Again, the biggest proposed change that would take place in 50 years, at a time in which you have automation that is replacing a lot of jobs in the United States, you have American Workers without High School Diplomas who have very low per participation rates in the labor force, and then you are bringing in workers to compete directly against the workers who are either losing their jobs to automation or who cannot find work because there is not enough jobs for workers in our own country without education. Go to an American City that has labor force problems, wherever that may be. Say, detroit. How is it fair or right or proper that, if, say, you open up a new business in detroit, that the unemployed workers in detroit will have to compete against an endless flow of workers for the same jobs and reduce their chances of getting those jobs while at the same time ultrahigh School Workers are at the back of the line in the country. It doesnt make sense. The number of low skilled workers in particular is a major detriment. The more we have this conversation publicly and ask america who ought to get a green card in this country, the more momentum there is going to be, the more support there is going to be, and our message to folks in congress is, if you are serious about Immigration Reform, ask yourself what is in the best interest of americans and American Workers. Ultimately, this has to be a part of that. First of all, lets have some statistics. There have been a lot of studies that dont show a correlation between low skilled immigration and the loss of jobs. Site for me, if you could, one or two studies with specific numbers that prove the correlation between those two things because your entire policy is based on that. Secondly, sources have told me that, a month ago, you pushed ever structure out of the way to infrastructure out of the way to do immigration. Why is this more important than if a structure . The most recent street at would point to is the study from george borjas. He went back and opened up the old data and talked about how it actually did reduce wages for workers living there at the time. Borjas has an enormous out the research on this. As have others. [indiscernible] stephen a recent study said that as much as 300 billion a year may be lost because of our current immigration system. Outerms of folks drawing services than they are putting in. Theres also common sense here, folks. At the end of the day, why do special interests want to bring in more low skilled workers . Im not asking for common sense. Im asking for specific steven if i could just answer your question. I named the studies. I named the studies. I asked you for statistics. Stephen maybe we will have a carve out in the bill that the New York Times can hire lower skilled maybe we have compassion for mac and workers. President trump for American Workers. President trump has met with American Workers who have been replaced by Foreign Workers. Im asking you for stephen ask them how this is affecting their lives. I just told you. If you look at at the premise of bringing in low skilled labor, it is based on the idea that theres a labor shortage for lower skilled jobs. There isnt. The number of people in the United States is at a record high. One in four americans, almost one in four americans in the ages between 25 and 54 are not even employed. AfricanAmerican Workers, males with a diploma, has plummeted 40 points since the mass wave of unskilled migration began. The reality is that come if you just use common sense yes, i will use common sense the reason why some Companies Want to bring in more unskilled labor is because they know it reduces wages and labor costs. Our question as a government, to is our duty . To a u. S. Workers. If low skilled immigration was an unalloyed good for the economy, why we having growing at 1. 5 for the last 17 years at a time of unprecedented new lowwage arrivals . The facts speak for themselves. At some point, we are accountable to reality. And the other hand, like i said, you have utrahigh School Workers who are at the back of the line, which makes no sense in the year 2017. Let me go to neil monroe. You are now targeting the black Unemployment Rate which is historically higher than the average american . Is that what you are looking at . Steven there is no doubt, very sad and very fair, that immigration policy, both legal and illegal over the past several decades, has had a deleterious effect on africanamerican implant in africanamerican employee in general. And on africanamerican males in particular. In this country has to have a conversation about that. Largescale immigration would increase the total number of jobs. Immigration brings in more restaurant jobs and resort jobs. Is it better for this country to have more jobs or higher wages and high productivity for americans . Stephen President Trump has been clear that he is a pro high wage president. He ran as a pro high wage candidate. That is what this policy will accomplish. The point about economic growth, we are constantly told that unskilled immigration boosts the economy. But again, if you look at the last 17 years, we know from reality thats not true. If you look at wages, you can see the effects. If you look at the labor force, you can see the effects. Again, we are ending unskilled chain migration. But we are also making sure that the great inventors of the world, the great scientists of the world, the people who have the great piece of technology can come into the United States and compete in a competitive application process, a pointbased system that makes sense in the year 2017. Let me go to you. Two questions. You did personalize it with the New York Times. Normally, this would not be a question, but will the Trump Organization stop bringing in Foreign Workers on visa programs to set an example for other businesses in the interim before this bill becomes law . Stephen as you know, the only way to have immigration policy work is to have it be national. It has to be uniform. You cannot have it be a different for different companies. This policy does not deal with nonimmigrant visas. Nonimmigrant visas is a different thing. There was a debate on this where he said, as a businessman, my responsibility is to operate my business under the laws of the United States. My job as the president of the United States is to pass laws and make sure we have an immigration system that prioritizes American Workers. This is a technical matter. You are talking about a different aspect of immigration system. Today, we are talking about the green card system. But its a good question. To take the question in another direction, usa today and others have shown that there has been a negative flow of immigration across the southern border. Unemployment is at perhaps a 10year low. Will there be enough workers in southwest states if this policy were to go into effect . I think we are talking about different things. I appreciate the question. Net migration overall has been at a record pace. You are talking about just some questions about net migration in net migration illegally across the southern border. Were talking about green cards and he keeps adding every year. The supply of foreign labor is at a record high. The foreignborn population right now is 45 million. I think there is 25 million Foreign Workers in the United States. First, does the Trump Administration plan to defend the daca program . We are not going to make an announcement on that today. There is ongoing litigation and doj and dhs are reviewing that. Whatever we do will prioritize the interests of american citizens and workers. You talked about the estoril the australian policy. Can you speak more specifically about what the administration likes. Mentioned bringing in elderly relatives, for example, that children can come with their parents. Which elements of the policy are you choosing . We looked at the australian system, the canadian system. We took things we liked, added things that make sense for america. The most compelling about the australian system is the efforts to make sure immigrants are financially selfsufficient and make sure they are able to pay for their own health care and things of that nature. That is one of the things we took from that. The pointsbased system has a lot to recommend it. We took that and added things that are new to it and they were released, today and to make sure we have a highly competitive application process. There are 7 billion people in the world. Who gets that Golden Ticket needs to be a discerning process. In an environment where you have this huge pool of Unemployed Labor in the United States, and youre spending massive amounts of money putting our own workers and welfare, doesnt it make sense economically to say lets get our workers, immigrants and u. S. Born, off of welfare, into the labor market, earning a living wage, able to pay into taxes instead of bringing in lower which substitutes, while at the same time ensuring that the inventors, innovators and scientists are able to come into our country and add to our economy and our gdp, but not as substitutes for americans . Can you respond to rumors in your own party that say we should be focused on competence . Copperheads of Immigration Reform . What do you say to those who say this just separates families, effectively cutting them . Stephen legislation for folks who are already here, they are grandfathered in. It is a new system moving forward. Point one. Point two, beyond the immediate family members that are covered in the bill, your minor children and your spouses, your other relatives can come in. They just have to come in through the pointsbased system. What about comprehensive Immigration Reform . Wee republicans feel that should focus on copperheads of Immigration Reform. Lets say we had introduced a 2000page comprehensive Immigration Reform bill. Would we be having this conversation . I think we wouldnt be. Its time that we force of the forced the conversation on to this core issue. I know the president feels that it is an enormously advantageous to have this conversation about this aspect of Immigration Reform. It receives no discussio