Trump On Father And Daughter Drowning: Border Wall Could Have Prevented Their Deaths
- 5 years ago
President trump held a media event on Saturday.
President Trump has argued that a border wall with Mexico could have prevented the tragic deaths of a father and daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande River during an attempted border crossing.
At a press conference during the G-20 summit in Japan Saturday, Trump was asked about reforming U.S. asylum laws.
"If we had walls up and if we had it hard, the father and the beautiful daughter who drowned — and, the Rio Grande is a very tough — you know, that has moments where it can be very calm and then all of a sudden it becomes totally violent and people get swept away," Trump replied.
"If they thought it was hard to get in, they wouldn't be coming up," he continued. "They wouldn't be coming up. And so many lives would be saved."
His remarks come just days after a photo of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter Valeria lying face down by the Rio Grande went viral amid U.S. lawmakers' debates over managing the country's borders.
President Trump has argued that a border wall with Mexico could have prevented the tragic deaths of a father and daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande River during an attempted border crossing.
At a press conference during the G-20 summit in Japan Saturday, Trump was asked about reforming U.S. asylum laws.
"If we had walls up and if we had it hard, the father and the beautiful daughter who drowned — and, the Rio Grande is a very tough — you know, that has moments where it can be very calm and then all of a sudden it becomes totally violent and people get swept away," Trump replied.
"If they thought it was hard to get in, they wouldn't be coming up," he continued. "They wouldn't be coming up. And so many lives would be saved."
His remarks come just days after a photo of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter Valeria lying face down by the Rio Grande went viral amid U.S. lawmakers' debates over managing the country's borders.