Conservative commentator: It serves Trump’s interests “to present this idea that our immigration laws are out of control"

David Drucker: If President Trump was actually concerned about immigration, “the first thing he could have done after being inaugurated is put an immigration reform or overhaul plan on the floor of the US Congress”

From the April 30 edition of CNN's New Day:

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DAVID DRUCKER (SR. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT, WASH. EXAMINER): Look, if the president was as concerned about immigration as a lot of people believe that he is and that he has expressed over these past couple of years, the first thing he could have done after being inaugurated is put an immigration reform or overhaul plan on the floor of the U.S. Congress, and told Republicans we're doing nothing until we fix our broken immigration laws.

And actually, a lot of Republicans and Democrats believe that a lot needs to be changed about immigration. The president has chosen to do other things, and wield immigration as a political bludgeon. That's his right. Democrats have done the same thing over the years. But it really serves the president's political purposes to present this idea that our immigration laws are out of control. Because a lot of people believe that the system is unfair for citizens and for people who get in line and don't try and use other avenues to get into the country.

And so I think on this, it's important to point out that while there are parts of the immigration system that could use fixing, it's a bipartisan issue. The president is not always forthright in the manner in which he talks about this because as the president, he has the power to do something about it. And other than demanding funding for the wall, he has not really asked Congress to do anything.

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