In his televised address to the US, President Donald Trump, while demanding $5.7 billion to build a wall on the border with Mexico, cited the murder of an Indian-origin police officer who was killed a day after Christmas. The police officer, Corporal Ronil Singh, 33, was shot dead at a traffic stop a day after Christmas by an illegal immigrant named Gustavo Perez Arriaga. Arriaga was planning to flee to Mexico when he killed the Corporal Ronil ‘Ron’ Singh. The life of an American hero was stolen by someone who had no right to be in our country.”Last week, Trump spoke to Ronil’s widow, Amanika ‘Mika’ Chand-Singh and expressed his condolences. Trump has described the situation of illegal immigrants in the US as a “growing crisis” that has hurt millions of Americans.

Source: Hindustan Times January 09, 2019 04:05 UTC