President Trump “called for a new law barring immigrants from receiving welfare for at least five years at a rally on Wednesday. But neither Trump nor nearly 6,000 of his die-hard supporters seemed to realize that the law has already existed for more than 20 years,” USA Today reports.
“Trump received a standing ovation and pledged his administration would put the legislation into effect ‘very shortly.'”
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