Trump to cut foreign aid for home countries of illegal immigrants

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Trump to cut foreign aid for home countries of illegal immigrants
by Steven Nelson
 | May 23, 2018 03:04 PM


President Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. will begin to deduct foreign aid from countries whose residents illegally enter the United States.

"Many of these countries we give tremendous amounts of aid to. Tens of millions of dollars. And we're working on a plan to deduct a lot of the aid," Trump said at an event in New York denouncing the Salvadoran gang MS-13.

"We're going to work out something where every time someone comes in from a certain country, we're going to deduct a rather large amount of money from what we give them in aid, if we give them aid at all," Trump said. "We may just not give them aid at all."

Trump did not specify which countries would be targeted, but spoke after another panelist mentioned foreign countries refusing to accept deportees.

"They'll let you think they're trying to stop this. They are not trying to stop it," Trump said. "I think they encourage people... They don't want the people that we're getting."

"Despite all of the reports I hear, I don't believe they're helping us one bit. and it may be that's the way life is," he said. "We know where these people are coming from. We're looking at our whole aid structure and it's going to be changed very radically. It's already started."

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[WingNot]

Proof is in the pudding.  Lets see if he does what he says.

[LauraTXNM]

They need to tax remittances.  I still haven't heard any reason for that delay.

[Oceander]

They need to tax remittances.  I still haven't heard any reason for that delay.

On what basis?

[Axeslinger]

Proof is in the pudding.  Lets see if he does what he says.

I agree.  I’m in the trust but verify pool on this, but I give him HUGE, MASSIVE kudos for attempting it and for making this a even a part of the conversation.

[Fishrrman]

Oceander asks:
"On what basis?"

National security.
Pay for the wall.
Pay for more deportation procedures.
And.. because we can.

[LauraTXNM]

@Oceander, I probably shouldn't have said "need to."  I meant that it is the promise that was made: taxing remittances to pay for border security, etc.  Apparently it's legal, because OK already does it.  I'm not sure what they're waiting for; there's at least one MOC who's sponsored a related bill.