Trump calls for end to diversity visa program after NYC attack

Democratic lawmakers slammed Trump calls for changes to the immigration system, accusing him of hypocrisy because he said the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting was too early to consider new gun laws.

They also bristled at Trump’s rush to pin blame for the attack on Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who co-sponsored the law that created the diversity lottery.

But Trump decried U.S. immigration laws as a “joke” and a “laughingstock” that leaves the country vulnerable to terrorist infiltration.

“We are so politically correct, we are afraid to do anything,” Trump said.

He claimed the suspected attacker was responsible for the entry of 23 other immigrants, including several family members, through the practice of “chain migration.”

“We have a lot of good bills in there that are being stopped by Democrats because they’re being obstructionists,” the president said. “And honestly they don’t want to do what’s right for our country. We need strength. We need resolve. We have to stop it.”