Whereas, on January 11, 2018, President Trump met with several Members of Congress in the White House to discuss a proposed bipartisan immigration compromise which would have, among other things, provided for permanent protection to immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and other countries that have recently lost Temporary Protected Status designation; Whereas according to first-hand participants and several people briefed on the meeting, when the issue of Temporary Protected Status came up, President Trump stated, Haitians, why do we need more Haitians? Take them out. ; Whereas in a separate part of the discussion, referencing other components of the proposal, President Trump referred to African nations as shithole countries or shithouse countries ; Whereas President Trump suggested that the United States should instead allow immigration by more people from countries like Norway; Whereas after the President’s remarks were made public, the White House made no initial effort to deny their accuracy, White House staffers predicted that the President’s shithole remark would resonate with his base , and conservative radio host Erick Erickson tweeted that President Trump himself was calling friends to brag about [using vulgar words such as shithole or shithouse ] afterwards. I spoke to one of those friends. The President thought it would play well with the base. ; Whereas the Daily Stormer, a notorious neo-Nazi website, welcomed President Trump’s comments as being encouraging and refreshing, as it indicates Trump is more or less on the same page with us with regards to race and immigration.