President Donald Trump has cited predecessor Barack Obama in an effort to be backed for his undeviating policy on immigration.
Tweeting a footage from 2005, in which then-senator Obama says he is against illegal immigration, Trump captioned the post, “I agree with President Obama 100%”.
“We are a generous and welcoming people here in the United States,” Obama says in the 31-second clip. “But those who enter the country illegally and those who employ them disrespect the rule of law and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law. We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently and lawfully to become immigrants into this country.”
When it comes to justification of the crackdowns on illegal immigration, Trump has cited other Democrats as well, including former President Bill Clinton, while addressing State of Union in 1995.
“All Americans … are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country,” Clinton said that night. “The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That’s why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens.”
“We are a nation of immigrants,” Clinton added. “But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.”
Trump’s tweet is a result of recent events, regarding the migrant caravan coming to the U.S.-Mexico border from Central America.
The caravan started as a smaller group of around 160 people, but later reached 7,000 people marching together against gangs who target small groups of migrants.
President Trump threatened to cut all aid for Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, as well as border shutdown and military action, if the caravan does not go back.
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