U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 11, 2018. Mr. Trump, who has taken a hard stance against illegal immigration, announced last year that he will end the programme unless the Congress comes up with a solution by March. The White House has not denied that Mr. Trump said the word “s***hole,” though Mr. Trump did push back on some depictions of the meeting. Mr. Trump’s staunchest supporters consider any route to citizenship for the “Dreamers” amnesty for lawbreakers. The debate over DACA’s fate came as lawmakers faced questioning about whether Mr. Trump is racist.

Source: The Hindu January 15, 2018 02:26 UTC