Trump Doubles Down in Wild Speech: Current Border Policy Says ‘You Have to Take the Children Away’
As President Donald Trump spoke before the National Federation of Independent Businesses on Tuesday, he continued on his path of blaming Congressional Democrats for his administration’s family-dividing policies on America’s southern border.
As Trump accused Democrats of supporting immigration loopholes, he also stuck with his false claims that he can’t do anything about his child separation policies, and only new legislation can fix it.
“All we need is good legislation and we can have it taken care of,” Trump said. “These are crippling loopholes that cause family separation, which we don’t want.”
After criticizing America’s immigration laws as a “monstrosity” for a little while longer, Trump eventually turned his ire towards Mexico, grumbling that “they do nothing for us” to resolve the Latin American migration issue.
“Mexico does nothing for us,” said the president. “Try staying in Mexico for a couple of days and see how long that lasts”
It all went on from there, with Trump bashing NAFTA, attacking Hillary Clinton, and going on about the “deep state” activities the Justice Department inspector general recently uncovered in his report.
Then, as Trump accused the “fake news” media of helping smugglers and human traffickers with their illegal immigration coverage, he eventually said this about his zero-tolerance policy.
“I don’t want children taken away from parents. And when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away.”
Watch above, via Fox News.
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