WaPo: Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting

[WedgeX]

Trump attacks protections for immigrants from 'shithole' countries in Oval Office meeting

And no, the Post did not feel the need to censor Trump.

President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting.

"Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met yesterday.

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The comments left lawmakers taken aback, according to people familiar with their reactions. Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) proposed cutting the visa lottery program by 50 percent and then prioritizing countries already in the system, a White House official said.

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Graham and Durbin thought they would be meeting with Trump alone and were surprised to find immigration hard-liners such as Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), at the meeting. The meeting was impromptu and came after phone calls this morning, Capitol Hill aides said.

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Do people not understand why other people immigrate? Or why USAID and the State Department are essential?

 

[LL_Decitrig]

See https://www.resetera.com/threads/wa...hole’-countries-in-oval-office-meeting.15816/

I suggest this new thread be closed.

 

[Slayven]

This is a dupe.