U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged tougher immigration measures after the previous day's deadly truck attack in New York City, referring to the suspect as "this animal.
Trump said he will ask Congress to eliminate the country's diversity visa program.
"Sounds nice, but it's not nice," said Trump, making a case for merit-based immigration and the elimination of chain migration, where arrivals enter through family connections in the U.S.
Trump made his comments to reporters in a freewheeling address prior to a meeting with his cabinet at the White House.
Trump earlier in the day on Twitter said that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty" — a reference to the Senate's top Democrat.
Schumer fired back from the Senate floor, accusing Trump of "politicizing" the tragedy.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that Trump's calls for increasing extreme vetting of immigrants are "something that, frankly, the president has been talking about for a long time.
Personally I wasn't surprised when i went onto the CBC news and seen the headline of: Trump wants immigration clampdown after NYC attack, blames Democrats. When trump got into office he made all those claims of building a wall, and kicking out all the Mexicans as the political cartoon illustrates above. Trump is starting to actually take steps into cutting off the immigration program of the USA. As it said in the article above, Trump said he will ask Congress to eliminate the country's diversity visa program. Which is a huge statement for a leader of a country. Most governments for example our Canadian government is wanting more diversity in our country. I completely agree with diversity being positive for a country like Canada. Its unfortunate Trump and the United States are not as positive towards immigration and diversity.
Trump said he will ask Congress to eliminate the country's diversity visa program.
"Sounds nice, but it's not nice," said Trump, making a case for merit-based immigration and the elimination of chain migration, where arrivals enter through family connections in the U.S.
Trump made his comments to reporters in a freewheeling address prior to a meeting with his cabinet at the White House.
Trump earlier in the day on Twitter said that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty" — a reference to the Senate's top Democrat.
Schumer fired back from the Senate floor, accusing Trump of "politicizing" the tragedy.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that Trump's calls for increasing extreme vetting of immigrants are "something that, frankly, the president has been talking about for a long time.
Personally I wasn't surprised when i went onto the CBC news and seen the headline of: Trump wants immigration clampdown after NYC attack, blames Democrats. When trump got into office he made all those claims of building a wall, and kicking out all the Mexicans as the political cartoon illustrates above. Trump is starting to actually take steps into cutting off the immigration program of the USA. As it said in the article above, Trump said he will ask Congress to eliminate the country's diversity visa program. Which is a huge statement for a leader of a country. Most governments for example our Canadian government is wanting more diversity in our country. I completely agree with diversity being positive for a country like Canada. Its unfortunate Trump and the United States are not as positive towards immigration and diversity.