The recent truck attack in New York has given a strong reason to President Trump, to push to lead, his promise for merit-based immigration. He had called for adopting a merit-based system of immigration and showered praises on Australia and Canada for using the point-based system. He said that some Nations had a merit-based immigration system on the principle that those seeking admission in a country are able to support themselves financially. There is no enforcement of this rule in America, which strains the public resources on which its poor citizens rely heavily. As per the National Academy of Sciences, the cost of the present immigration system is several billions of dollars annually.
