Yes, I meant more immigs

President Trump said Wednesday that his ad-lib comment that he wants legal immigrants “in the largest numbers ever” was a shift in policy — which until now focused on a crackdown on illegal immigrants.

“I need people coming in because we need people to run the factories and plants and companies that are moving back in,” Trump told the Regional Reporters Association. “We need people.”

Asked if he was changing his stance on legal immigration, Trump responded, “Yes” because the nation needs more workers.

“We need people in our country because our unemployment numbers are so low and we have massive numbers of companies coming back into our country — car companies, we have seven car companies coming back in right now and there’s going to be a lot more,” Trump said. “We’ve done really well with this, and we need people.”

During his State of the Union Address, Trump strayed from prepared remarks to sound the call for more legal immigrants.

“We have a moral duty to create an immigration system that protects the lives and jobs of our citizens,” the prepared remarks said.

“This includes our obligation to the millions of immigrants living here today, who followed the rules and respected our laws. Legal immigrants enrich our nation and strengthen our society in countless ways. I want people to come into our country, but they have to come in legally.”

But Trump improvised the last line by saying, “I want people to come into our country in the largest numbers ever, but they have to come in legally.”