Donald Trump demands Congress fix ‘insane’ immigration laws

US President Donald Trump urged Congress on Thursday to reform the nation’s “insane” immigration laws, in his latest contradictory outburst over a border crisis that has seen thousands of migrant children separated from their parents.

In a series of tweets, Trump demanded lawmakers “pass smart, fast and reasonable Immigration Laws” now, despite the House of Representatives rejecting a broad immigration bill late last month that had support from the president. “When people, with or without children, enter our Country, they must be told to leave without our... Country being forced to endure a long and costly trial,” he wrote.

Trump has sent a series of conflicting messages on immigration to Congress. Before the June 22 House vote, he said Republicans -- who control both chambers of Congress -- “should stop wasting their time on immigration” until after the mid-term elections in November.