At the direction of Trump, Kushner is leading the immigration reform project, which he said was now into its final stages and expects to make it public soon. Kushner rued that America's immigration system was a very outdated compared to some of the peer countries that it competes with for talent. He said just 12 per cent of people become legal immigrants through merit-based system right now. The adviser said they came up with the proposal after studying the immigration system and the best practices of a lot of the other countries. People are going to be able to come into our country, be proud of our country, and help our country," Trump said.

Source: dna July 17, 2019 00:00 UTC