NORTH KOREA AND THE RECENT CHEMICAL ATTACK IN SYRIA.
THEN RONALD REAGAN BIOGRAPHER DISCUSSES HIS LATEST BOOK WHICH
EXAMINES PRESIDENT REAGAN'S POLITICAL ASCENDANCY AFTER
LOSING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT IN 1976.
RANDY OF THE MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE ON THE DROP IN ARRESTS
AT THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. BE SURE TO WATCH WASHINGTON
JOURNAL LIVE AT 7:00 A.M. SUNDAY MORNING.
JOIN THE DISCUSSION. IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS, THE
PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT BORDER SECURITY AND HIS RECENT MEETINGS
WITH FOREIGN LEADERS. RESPONSE,OCRATIC
GARNISHMENT HAKEEM JEFFRIES URGES PRESIDENT TRUMP TO RELEASE
HIS TAX RETURNS. AMERICANSP: MY FELLOW
, WE ARE ONLY 11 WEEKS IN, BUT ALREADY MY ADMINISTRATION HAS
ACHIEVED HISTORIC PROGRESS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
93% OF OUR DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES HAVE EXPRESSED OPTIMISM ABOUT
THE FUTURE, A RECORD. THE CONFIDENCE WE ARE SEEING IN
OUR NATION IS ABOUT JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS ALSO ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY.
SECURITY BEGINS AT THE BORDER. AS A CANDIDATE I PLEDGED TO TAKE
SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTION TO SECURE THE BORDER, AND THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE DONE. A FULL-FLEDGED
BORDER CRISIS. IT WAS A DISASTER.
YET WITH QUICK AND BOLD STEPS, WE HAVE SO FAR EXCEEDED EVEN THE
MOST BULLISH PREDICTIONS FOR THE PROGRESS WE COULD MAKE IN SO
SURE A. OF TIME.
A 64%ONTH WE SAW REDUCTION IN A ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
TIME, WE ARE CONDUCTING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO REMOVE DANGEROUS CRIMINAL ALIENS FROM
OUR SOCIETY. THEY WILL BE GONE.
AND JUST THE LAST FEW DAYS AND NATIONS ICE OFFICERS HAVE
ARRESTED CRIMINAL ALIENS IN SOUTH TEXAS, 84 CRIMINAL ALIENS
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND 31 CRIMINAL ALIENS IN LONG ISLAND,
NEW YORK. INCLUDE ALIENS
CONVICTED OF ROBBERY, BURGLARY, , SEXUALED ASSAULT
ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD, SMUGGLING, DRUG DEALING AND MANY
MORE. TOH WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE
REVERSE DECADES OF HARM CAUSED BY OPEN BORDER POLICIES FROM
WASHINGTON. WITH TIME, DEDICATION AND
EFFORT, WE WILL GET THE JOB DONE AND SAVE COUNTLESS LIVES IN THE
PROCESS, PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ALSO MEANS
RESTORING AMERICA'S STANDING IN THE WORLD.
FROM THE START OF MY PRESIDENCY, I HAVE WORKED TO STRENGTHEN OUR
ALLIANCES AND IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIPS ALL AROUND THE
GLOBE. HONORED TO WAS
WELCOME THE PRESIDENT OF EGYPT AND THE KING OF JORDAN TO THE
WHITE HOUSE. WITHI AM HOSTING A SUMMIT
PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA AT THE SOUTHERN WHITE HOUSE TO
ADDRESS THE MANY CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING OUR TWO PEOPLES.
IN OUR DEALINGS WITH OTHER NATIONS, OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE
BEEN CANDID, OPEN AND GROUNDED IN MUTUAL RESPECT.
BEEN CLEAR ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR THE NATIONAL
INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES, SO IMPORTANT TO ME AND SO
IMPORTANT TO OUR PEOPLE, ONE OF THE REASONS CERTAINLY THAT I GOT
ELECTED. I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE
DECISIONS WE MAKE TRULY SERVE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR
CITIZENS. IN MATTERS ECONOMIC AND
MILITARY, WE UNDERSTAND A STRONG AMERICA IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS
OF THE WORLD. THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
THAT, AS WE STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, WE
INJURE THESE PARTNERSHIPS DELIVER REAL RESULTS FOR
AMERICANS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
OUR DECISIONS WILL BE GUIDED BY OUR VALUES AND OUR GOALS AND WE
WILL PROJECT THE PATH OF INTELLECTUAL IDEOLOGY THAT TOO
OFTEN LEADS TO UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
A FUTURE PEACE, SAFETY AND PROSPERITY THAT IS OUR GUIDING
LIGHT, AND ALWAYS WILL BE. WE WILL BRING ABOUT THIS FUTURE
FOR THE LAND WE LOVE AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CALL IT HOME.
WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND WE LOVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THANK YOU. I'M CONGRESSMAN HAKEEM
JEFFRIES, AND IT IS MY HONOR TO REVISIT THE HARD-WORKING PEOPLE
OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS IN ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT IN THE
NATION. ALMOST A THIRD OF THE PEOPLE I
SERVE WERE BORN OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD COME TO BROOKLYN AND QUEENS TO PURSUE
THE AMERICAN DREAM. , MYING UP IN BROOKLYN
GRANDMOTHER OFTEN TOLD MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND ME THAT IF
YOU GET A GOOD EDUCATION, WORK HARD ON YOUR JOB AND PLAY BY THE