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Before we bring on our guests talking about immigration and Trump's unveiling a major immigration proposal today,

that should as far as I can tell, we're checking the polling on all the different points should be overwhelmingly easily approved by our government.

Since most people by far are in favor, the key part of Trump's immigration idea is merit-based.

The polling on that answer this question, should our immigration system be based on a person's ability to contribute to America?

84% agree with that as opposed to should it be based on a person having relatives in the United States, it's only at least 16% for that.

So it's 84 to 16 per for a merit-based system, which is what Trump is going to talk about today.

The lowest support for a merit-based immigration system is 69% among African Americans.

It's still over two thirds for black people, 75% among self-identified Democrats and liberals,

83% of Hispanic respondents agreed with that statement.

Wow.

This is a Harris poll out of Harvard.

So that shouldn't be hard at all, but because Trump, one of the things Trump is going to put out there is he's not going to lower the number of people coming into the country, he's going to keep that flat.

That's one of the reasons this Republican strategist I'm reading about in this article says it's dead on arrival, the whole thing is dead on arrival.

Interesting.

Mark Corean is a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues.

He is the executive director for the Center for Immigration Studies and a frequent guest on the Armstrong you get his show and joins us now.

Mark, how are you?

I'm doing very well. Thank you.

I'm guessing there's some to love and some to dislike in this plan, what's your reaction to it as you understand it thus far?

Yeah, I think that's a good way to put it. There's a lot to love in this plan.

It's got it's both illegal immigration measures.

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