How Many Americans Would Pass an Immigration Test Endorsed by Trump? - The New York Times

President Trump this month endorsed legislation that would effectively cut immigration to the United States by half. The bill, known as the Raise Act, would sharply reduce the share of people admitted through family ties and create a skills-based system that scores applicants on factors including age, education, income, job prospects and proficiency in English.....

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/23/upshot/immigration-quiz-raise-act-trump.html

Fewer Immigrants Mean More Jobs? Not So, Economists Say - The New York Times

When the federal government banned the use of farmworkers from Mexico in 1964, California’s tomato growers did not enlist Americans to harvest the fragile crop. They replaced the lost workers with tomato-picking machines. The Trump administration on Wednesday embraced a proposal to sharply reduce legal immigration, which it said would preserve jobs and lead to higher wages — the same argument advanced by the Kennedy and Johnson administrations half a century ago.

But economists say the tomato story and a host of related evidence show that there is no clear connection between less immigration and more jobs for Americans.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/us/politics/legal-immigration-jobs-economy.html?emc=edit_nn_20170804&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=78638145&te=1&_r=1

Poor immigrants are the least likely group to use welfare, despite Trump’s claims -- Vox

It's quite hard for most newcomers to get government assistance. ....
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/4/16094684/trump-immigrants-welfare

Ex-Twitter CEO says Trump's immigration plan is 'just going to make it harder for us to compete' -- CNBC

Immigration officials are probably not most qualified at determining who the best software engineers are, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/03/trumps-raise-immigration-act-could-hurt-techs-h-1b-visas-dick-costolo.html

Deepak Chopra: Here's the biggest problem with Trump's plan to slash immigration -- CNBC

The RAISE Act would radically reshape America's immigration system – for the worse, say Deepak Chopra and Kabir Sehgal. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/03/the-real-problem-with-slashing-immigration-deepak-chopra-commentary.html