Trump citizenship and immigration

“The first pillar of our framework generously offers a path to citizenship for 1.8 million illegal immigrants who were brought here by their parents at a young age.

That covers almost 3 times more people than the previous administration,” Trump said. He further added, “Under our plan, those who meet education and work requirements, and show good moral character, will be able to become full citizens of the United States over a 12-year period.”

“Struggling communities, especially immigrant communities, will also be helped by immigration policies that focus on the best interests of American workers and American families,” said the US president

“My duty, and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber, is to defend Americans… because Americans are dreamers too,” Trump said

Trump said, “Tonight, I am calling on the Congress to finally close the deadly loopholes that have allowed MS-13, and other criminals, to break into our country”

“We can lift our citizens from welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to prosperity,” said Trump. “The era of economic surrender is totally over,” the US president added

“As America regains its strength, this opportunity must be extended to all citizens. That is why this year we will embark on reforming our prisons to help former inmates who have served their time to get a second chance at life,” said Trump
“As we rebuild our industries, it is also time to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. America has been, is, and always will be a nation of builders,” said Trump

“Every Federal dollar should be leveraged by partnering with State and local governments and, where appropriate, tapping into private sector investment — to permanently fix the infrastructure deficit. And we can do it,” the US president added

Trump said, “America has also finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade deals that sacrificed our prosperity and shipped away our companies, our jobs, and our wealth… The era of economic surrender is totally over”

“From now on, we expect trading relationships to be fair and, very importantly, reciprocal,” the US president said and added, “We will work to fix bad trade deals and negotiate new ones and they’ll be good ones”

“Last year the USFDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) approved more new and generic drugs and medical devices than ever before in our history,” said Trump adding that, “One of my greatest priorities is to reduce the price of prescription drugs”

Speaking on the reforms his administration made, Trump said, “We have eliminated more regulations in our first year than any administration in the history of our country”

Trump also said, “Many car companies are now building and expanding plants in the United States, something we have not seen for decades. Chrysler is moving a major plant from Mexico to Michigan; Toyota and Mazda are opening up a plant in Alabama… Yes, It’s coming back”

On energy the US president said: “We have ended the war on American Energy and we have ended the war on beautiful clean coal. We are now very proudly an exporter of energy to the world”

The US president said, “I will not stop until our veterans are properly taken care of, which has been my promise to them from the very beginning of this great journey”

“Last year, the Congress passed, and I signed, the landmark VA Accountability Act,” Trump said

Trump said “We are totally defending our Second Amendment, and have taken historic actions to protect religious liberty”

“Working with the Senate, we are appointing judges who will interpret the Constitution as written, including a great new Supreme Court Justice, and more circuit court judges than any new administration in the history of our country,” said Trump

“Since we passed tax cuts, roughly 3 million workers have already gotten tax cut bonuses-many of them thousands and thousands of dollars per worker,” said the US president

“In America, we know that faith and family, not government and bureaucracy, are the centre of American life. Our motto is ‘in God we trust.’ We celebrate our police, our military, and our amazing veterans as heroes who deserve our total and unwavering support,” said Trump. He added that, “Americans love their country. And they deserve a Government that shows them the same love and loyalty in return”

“This is in fact our new American moment. There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream,” said Trump adding that “No matter where you have been, or where you come from, this is your time. If you work hard, if you believe in yourself, if you believe in America, then you can dream anything, you can be anything, and together, we can achieve absolutely anything”

“Apple Inc has just announced it plans to invest a total of USD 350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers,” Trump said

“Unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low. And something I’m very proud of: African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded, and Hispanic American unemployment has also reached the lowest levels in history,” said the US president

“Since the election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone. Tremendous numbers. After years and years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages,” said Trump

“Tonight, I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people – this is really the key – these are the people we were elected to serve,” Trump said

US President Donald Trump said retirement pensions and retirement savings accounts have “gone through the roof”. He also said he has enacted the biggest tax reforms in US history

“We have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous vision to make America great for all Americans again,” said the US president.