President Trump surveys a border fence between the United States and Mexico in Calexico, Calif., on Friday. Trump told reporters he would go in “a tougher direction” in finding a new nominee. Those methods, including a border wall, are largely ineffective in keeping out the asylum-seeking families who are driving the recent immigration spike, immigration experts said. They have to get rid of the whole asylum system because it doesn’t work,” Trump told reporters Friday. It will take time and money and political will.”Democrats say Trump’s hard-line tactics have made bipartisan compromise on immigration even more difficult.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2019 20:03 UTC