Trump says this is why
‘Dangerous’ immigs
President Trump used the Monday terror attack in Manhattan to push his tougher immigration policies, saying “far too many dangerous” people are getting into the United States.
“Today’s attempted mass-murder attack in New York City — the second terror attack in New York in the last two months — once again highlights the urgent need for Congress to enact legislative reforms to protect the American people,” the president said in a statement issued more than eight hours after an improvised bomb detonated near the Port Authority.
Trump said the explosion was another example of why Congress and the courts must not impede his tough immigration agenda.
“First and foremost, as I have been saying since I first announced my candidacy for president, America must fix its lax immigration system, which allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country,” he said.
The president specifically lashed out at “chain migration,” which gives preference to indi- viduals who are related to immigrants who are already in the United States legally.
“Today’s terror suspect entered our country through extendedfamily chain migration, which is incompatible with national security,” Trump said. “My executive action to restrict the entry of certain nationals from eight countries, which the Supreme Court recently allowed to take effect, is just one step forward in securing our immigration system. Congress must end chain migration.”
The attack in Midtown occurred at roughly 7:20 a.m. The White House e-mailed Trump’s statement to the press at 4:48 p.m.
In between the attack and the statement, the president found time to tweet out an attack on The New York Times.
“Another false story, this time in the Failing @nytimes, that I watch 4-8 hours of television a day - Wrong! Also, I seldom, if ever, watch CNN or MSNBC, both of which I consider Fake News. I never watch Don Lemon, who I once called the ‘dumbest man on television!’ Bad Reporting,” the commander in chief wrote at 9:17 a.m.