Last week, President Donald Trump mocked asylum seekers by claiming they look like UFC fighters.
During a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Trump claimed that US asylum laws do not stop dangerous people from crossing the border into the United States.
”The asylum program is a scam,” Trump said. “Some of the roughest people you have ever seen. People that look like they should be fighting for the UFC.”
Trump’s brutish comments came amid a conflict in American politics over the increase of Asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border. After failing to strike a deal with Democrats that would give him $5 billion to build the wall, Trump declared a national emergency in order to bypass Congress and fund his campaign promise.