President Trump dismissed the Democrats who exposed often-squalid conditions at detention facilities for illegal immigrants on the southern border as “Just Pols” — and said the best way to fix the humanitarian crisis was to tell the migrants to stay home.
“Our Border Patrol people are not hospital workers, doctors or nurses. The Democrats bad Immigration Laws, which could be easily fixed, are the problem. Great job by Border Patrol, above and beyond,” Trump tweeted, a day after the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general criticized the conditions at the border facilities.
The president said that many of the migrants, mostly Central American families seeking asylum in the US, have it better in detention now than they did back home.
“Many of these illegals aliens are living far better now than where they came from, and in far safer conditions. No matter how good things actually look, even if perfect, the Democrat visitors will act shocked & aghast at how terrible things are. Just Pols. If they really want to fix them, change the Immigration Laws and Loopholes. So easy to do!” he continued.
He said the best way to stop the surge of migrants overwhelming border facilities and personnel was to tell them to just stay home.
“Now, if you really want to fix the Crisis at the Southern Border, both humanitarian and otherwise, tell migrants not to come into our country unless they are willing to do so legally, and hopefully through a system based on Merit. This way we have no problems at all!” he tweeted.
Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, described the facilities as “concentration camps.”