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A merit-based argument for making immigration great again

By W. James Antle III
Published October 17, 2018 4:00am ET
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A merit-based argument for making immigration great again
A woman from the Mexican state of Michoacan who did not give her name stands with her daughter as names are read off a list of people who will cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum Thursday, July 26, 2018, near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. As the Trump administration faced a court-imposed deadline Thursday to reunite thousands of children and parents who were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, asylum seekers continue to arrive to cities like Tijuana, hoping to plead their cases with U.S. authorities. | (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

President Trump was holding one of his signature “Make America Great Again” rallies when he began sounding off on immigration.

“We want a system that is merit-based,” he said. “They come in on merit. They don’t come in a lottery system. How about the lottery system, folks? Do you see that?” The crowd responded by booing the lottery and cheering merit.

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