Dec. 12, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where a failed terror attack in Manhattan has national security officials pondering the actions of a Bangladeshi immigrant. President Trump argues that his advocated immigration reforms could have prevented the incident. Fred Lucas reports, and David Inserra brings perspective on our podcast. Conservatives press lawmakers for lower taxes on business, and Rachel del Guidice has their reasons. Plus: Lucas on good news for blacks and Hispanics in the Trump economy, Mike Gonzalez and Helaina Hirsch on college bias against Asian-Americans, and Jarrett Stepman on pronouns gone berserk.
It is much more difficult for Asian-Americans to gain admission to elite schools. They must score 140 points higher on their SATs than white students, 270 points higher than Hispanic students, and 450 points higher than black students.
The overall unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent, a 17-year low.
"Today's terror suspect entered our country through extended-family chain migration, which is incompatible with national security," the president says.
"Reducing the corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 [percent] would send a message to the rest of the world that America is going to compete," says Nathan Nascimento of Freedom Partners.
The failure to assimilate is a problem that our country faces with both immigrants and refugees, and there is no clear solution to it.
The New York City Commission on Human Rights has adopted legal guidance that threatens employers with fines of up to $125,000 for refusing to use a person's preferred pronoun, and up to $250,000 for "violations that are the result of willful, wanton, or malicious conduct."
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