Frenchmen would face stricter checks: Trump
Republican White House nominee Donald Trump has said that France and other nations hit by recent terror attacks would be subjected to “extreme” immigration checks if he is elected President.
Mr. Trump was asked in an interview airing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to expand on his proposal to suspend immigration from what he calls countries “compromised by terrorism” until vetting mechanisms are in place.
“I’m going to be coming out over the next few weeks with a number of the places,” said Mr. Trump according to an excerpt of the interview. “We have problems in Germany, and we have problems in France” — both countries rocked by fatal attacks claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, said Mr. Trump.
“Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd asked specifically if the proposal would limit immigration from France, saying: “They have been compromised by terrorism.”
“They have totally been,” Mr. Trump responded.He denied that it amounted to backing away from his previous call for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration.