Immigration

In a closed door meeting with Senator Dick Durbin, Trump asked if we could exclude immigrants from shithole countries such as Haiti and the nations of Africa. This was later leaked to the press. In that same meeting Trump said Last week, Democrats had a productive meeting with the president, during which he expressed a desire to help legalize not just the “dreamers” — those immigrants brought here illegally as children — but also the vast majority of the nearly 11 million illegal immigrants in this country who have not committed crimes. At one point, Trump turned to Durbin and said, “You want to know the truth, Dick? If we do this properly, DACA, you’re not so far away from comprehensive immigration reform. And if you want to take it that further step, I’ll take the heat, I don’t care. . . . I’ll take the heat off both the Democrats and the Republicans.” This was an opening for immigration reform but it was not leaked. This leads people to believe that immigration reform is not something congress wants.