President Donald Trump today opened his cabinet meeting emphasizing the White House’s efforts regarding yesterday’s terror attack on the streets of New York City and took aim at the country’s Diversity Visa Lottery.
“I am today starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program,” Trump said.” Diversity lottery. Sounds nice. It’s not nice. It’s not good. It hasn’t been good. We’ve been against it, so we want to immediately work with Congress on the Diversity Lottery Program, on terminating it, getting rid of it.”
Instead, Trump said he wants a merit-based program and also wants to end “chain migration.”
“There are bills already about ending chain migration, and we have a lot of good bills in there,” he said. “We’re being stopped by Democrats, because they’re obstructionists. And, honestly, they don’t want to do what’s right for our country.”
Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday slamming Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) for supporting the program. “The terrorist came into our country through what is called the ‘Diversity Visa Lottery Program,’ a Chuck Schumer beauty.” Schumer tweeted back, “I guess it’s not too soon to politicize a tragedy.”
Schumer sponsored immigration legislation in 1990 that led to the program.
“We need quick justice and we need strong justice – much quicker and much stronger than we have right now, because what we have right now is a joke and it’s a laughingstock,” Trump added. “And I think I can speak for plenty of other countries, too, that are in the same situation.”
Suspect Charged
U.S. Attorney Joon Kim announced Wednesday that suspect Sayfullo Saipov was charged with terrorism. “The complaint filed today charges Saipov with two counts. First, material support of a terrorist organization, that being ISIS,” Kim said. “And second, a federal charge of violence and destruction of a motor vehicle with willful disregard for the safety of human life that resulted in multiple deaths.”
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