WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sharply accused congressional Democrats of allowing open borders and crime to fester, using a White House event on Monday to stoke a fall campaign fight over immigration and the U.S. southern border. Predicting that Republicans would do “very well in the midterms,” Trump said at an event paying tribute to federal immigration officials that immigration would be a potent issue separating the two parties in the November elections. “I think we’re going to have much more of a red wave than what you’re going to see as a phoney blue wave,” Trump said in the East Room. Democrats have blasted Trump’s immigration policies along the border, saying they wrongly separate families. Trump has made border security a key part of his message as he tries to maintain Republican control of Congress.

Source: National Post August 20, 2018 18:57 UTC