After causing a major scare over “comprehensive immigration reform” this afternoon, President Trump seemed to back away from the idea in his address to the nation tonight:
Our take on Trump speech:“Press reports that Trump might embrace comprehensive immigration reform turned out to be a cruel hoax."/1
— Frank Sharry (@FrankSharry) March 1, 2017
"Instead of reaching to the middle, he moved even farther right. He offered nothing but enforcement and deportations for undoc immigrants"/2
— Frank Sharry (@FrankSharry) March 1, 2017
"This adds up to an unprecedented attack on immigrants here, and a nativist attack on the ability of US citizens to sponsor loved ones"/3
— Frank Sharry (@FrankSharry) March 1, 2017
..then called 4 deep cuts in family reunification under our lgl imm system.A shift away from family immigration is code for deep cuts" /4
— Frank Sharry (@FrankSharry) March 1, 2017
"Trump isn’t making a sincere attempt at bipartisan reform, he’s embracing a cynical strategy of scorched-earth xenophobia.” /5
— Frank Sharry (@FrankSharry) March 1, 2017
Important @ByBrianBennett analysis of Trump's real immigration goals: Reshape U.S. demographics for the long term. https://t.co/SyTTQicNPo pic.twitter.com/yksdKP8yJc
— Kate Linthicum (@katelinthicum) February 28, 2017
Here’s the whole speech: