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    Trump planning to withhold aid from undocumented immigrant home countries

    By Jeremy Diamond, CNN

    Updated 5:34 PM ET, Wed May 23, 2018

    Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration is devising a plan to withhold US foreign aid funds from the home countries of immigrants who illegally enter the United States.

    Speaking at a roundtable on illegal immigration and the MS-13 gang, Trump offered few specifics about the plan and it was unclear if he was referring to the illegal entry of any undocumented immigrant or those who have committed other crimes. It was also possible he was referring to situations where home countries refuse to accept undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes in the US once they have served their prison sentence.

    "Many of these countries we give tremendous amounts of aid to. Tens of millions of dollars. And we're working on a plan to deduct a lot of the aid because I happen to believe that it's not so hard," Trump said during the event in Bethpage, New York.

    "So we're going to work out something where every time somebody comes in from that country, we're going to deduct a rather large amount of money from what we give them in aid -- if we give them aid at all, which we may not just give them aid at all," he added.

    A White House spokesman could not immediately clarify the President's comments.

    Trump's comment came after Rep. Dan Donovan, R-New York, lamented the situation where the home countries of certain undocumented immigrants refuse to "take ... back" undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes in the US.

    Trump accused the home countries of undocumented immigrants in the US not only of "not trying to stop" illegal immigration to the US, but of encouraging criminals to leave their country.

    "They'll let you think that they're trying to stop this. They're not trying to stop it. I think they encourage people," Trump said. "They don't want the people -- they don't want the people that we're getting in that country."

    "Despite all the reports I hear, I don't believe they're helping us one bit," he added of the home countries.

    Trump has previously threatened aid cuts to Latin American countries who are primarily responsible for illegal immigration to the US, but experts have warned such efforts would backfire and could worsen the flow of migrants to the US.

    The roundtable on Wednesday was just the latest in a series of events the President has hosted in recent weeks focused on immigration issues, underscoring the extent to which the White House is focused on illegal immigration as a rallying issue heading into the 2018 midterms.

    Trump once again shined a spotlight on crimes committed by MS-13 gang members to reinforce his administration's efforts to curtail illegal immigration, even though they account for only a small portion of both the number of undocumented immigrants and gang members in the United States.

    The Justice Department estimates there are more than 10,000 MS-13 gang members in the United States. That is just a fraction -- less than 1% -- of the 1.4 million gang members the FBI estimates to be criminally active in the United States.

    While it is not known what percentage of MS-13 members are undocumented, MS-13's membership in the US is dwarfed by the total undocumented immigrant population in the US, which is estimated at roughly 11 million.

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    While it is not known what percentage of MS-13 members are undocumented, MS-13's membership in the US is dwarfed by the total undocumented immigrant population in the US, which is estimated at roughly 11 million.
    Ending comment not surprising from CNN. Who cares what the percentage is anyway? No percentage of MS-13 should be acceptable.
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    Sadly this kind of talk was used during the campaign. Like for The Wall, President Trump talked of deducting the cost from aid to Mexico. After all this time he brings this up again. I hope he gets it done!

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    Do it Mr. President. Do it tomorrow. Jerk the aid as soon as possible. Then be ready to pull their trade.
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    PULL 100% OF AID FROM MEXICO, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST

    ALL THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE COMING FROM! EVERY SINGLE DAMN ONE OF THEM!

    YANK EVERY DIME AND RAMP UP EXPEDIATED DEPORTATIONS!!!
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtdc View Post
    Sadly this kind of talk was used during the campaign. Like for The Wall, President Trump talked of deducting the cost from aid to Mexico. After all this time he brings this up again. I hope he gets it done!
    You're right, this could just end up being more tough talk. I don't typically support foreign aid except in special circumstances anyway, but I don't see how something like this can be enforced because countries can't control who stays and who leaves. For example, look at all the visa overstays we have. How does a foreign country know ahead of time those requesting a visa have no plans to return?

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    All visa overstays need to be issued an Arrest Warrant the day after it expires and get it in the system for violating our immigration laws.

    Automatic deportation with NO chance to ever come back.
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

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    Quote Originally Posted by MW View Post
    but I don't see how something like this can be enforced because countries can't control who stays and who leaves.
    Most have border security. They can prevent people coming in and people going out.

    Quote Originally Posted by MW
    For example, look at all the visa overstays we have.
    I suspect the majority of those showing up at our border demanding asylum did not obtain a visa to come here!

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