Immigration reform top on priority list: Trump

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ Describing immigration reform as his top priority, US President Donald Trump today renewed his push for an immigration system which prevents people from entering America illegally.  “One of the highest on the list is immigration. And we have to change our laws. We have to make them sensible,” Trump told reporters in a joint media appearance with King Abdullah II Bin al-Hussein of Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump said he wants a system in place where the foregone conclusion for any illegal entrance is exit. “We want a system where, when people come in illegally, they have to go out. A nice simple system that works. Mexico holds people for four hours, for five hours, for two hours, and they’re gone. We have people for four, five, six years and they never leave. So we want to have a great immigration,” Trump said in response to a question.

The US president also attacked the Democrats, who he said, are in favour of open borders and alleged that they “do not care about our military”. “What we have is very simple. We want strong borders and no crime … The Democrats want open borders and they don’t care about crime, and they don’t care about our military. I care about our military. That’s what we want and that’s what we’re going to get. And we’re going to get it sooner than people think,” he said.