"merit-based" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2019 May 20, Jerry Kammer, “Pelosi's Anti-Merit Metaphor for Governance”, in Center for Immigration Studies:",
          "text": "Last week, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected as “condescending” President Trump’s proposal for a more merit-based immigration policy, she provided a metaphor not just for the shattered condition of Washington’s governance of immigration, but also for the Democratic Party’s ideologically rigid disavowal of all principles of immigration constraint.",
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        "Derived from one's academic or extracurricular achievements rather than one's financial need."
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        "(education) Derived from one's academic or extracurricular achievements rather than one's financial need."
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          "text": "Last week, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected as “condescending” President Trump’s proposal for a more merit-based immigration policy, she provided a metaphor not just for the shattered condition of Washington’s governance of immigration, but also for the Democratic Party’s ideologically rigid disavowal of all principles of immigration constraint.",
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        "(education) Derived from one's academic or extracurricular achievements rather than one's financial need."
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