Title: Sources: Trump questions why so many immigrants from 'shithole countries' - Chicago Sun-Times
Headings: Sources: Trump questions why so many immigrants from ‘shithole countries’
Sources: Trump questions why so many immigrants from ‘shithole countries’
Content: The lawmakers had hoped Trump would back their accord, an agreement among six senators evenly split among Republicans and Democrats, ending a months-long, bitter dispute over protecting the “Dreamers.” But the White House later rejected it, plunging the issue back into uncertainty just eight days before a deadline that threatens a government shutdown. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’ s No. 2 Democrat, explained that as part of that deal, a lottery for visas that has benefited people from Africa and other nations would be ended, the sources said, though there could be another way for them to apply. Durbin said people would be allowed to stay in the U.S. who fled here after disasters hit their homes in places including El Salvador, Guatemala and Haiti. Trump specifically questioned why the U.S. would want to admit more people from Haiti. As for Africa, he asked why more people from “shithole countries” should be allowed into the U.S., the sources said. “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump asked, according to the Washington Post. The president suggested that instead, the U.S. should allow more entrants from countries like Norway.