Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding President Donald J. Trump's remarks about Haiti, El Salvador, and African Nations.

Whereas, on January 11, 2018, President Trump met with several Members of Congress in the White House to discuss a proposed bipartisan immigration compromise which would have, among other things, provided for permanent protection to immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and other countries that have recently lost Temporary Protected Status designation; Whereas according to first-hand participants and several people briefed on the meeting, when the issue of Temporary Protected Status came up, President Trump stated, Haitians, why do we need more Haitians? Take them out. Whereas in a separate part of the discussion, referencing other components of the proposal, President Trump referred to African nations as shithole countries shithouse countries Whereas President Trump suggested that the United States should instead allow immigration by more people from countries like Norway; Whereas after the President’s remarks were made public, the White House made no initial effort to deny their accuracy, White House staffers predicted that the President’s shithole resonate with his base Trump himself was calling friends to brag about [using vulgar words such as shithole shithouse Whereas the Daily Stormer, a notorious neo-Nazi website, welcomed President Trump’s comments as being encouraging and refreshing, as it indicates Trump is more or less on the same page with us with regards to race and immigration. Whereas President Trump’s remarks have been confirmed by numerous direct and indirect sources, including— (1) Senator Dick Durbin, a participant in the January 11 meeting at the White House, who stated that the President had made comments which were hate-filled, vile, and racist you’ve seen the comments in the press. I’ve not read one of them that’s inaccurate…He said those hate-filled things, and he said them repeatedly shitholes not just once, but repeatedly (2) Senator Lindsay Graham, another participant in the January 11 meeting who admonished President Trump for his choice of words during the meeting, telling the President, America is an idea, not a race basically accurate (3) Senator Jeff Flake, who said that he had heard about President Trump’s comments from participants in the meeting and stated they said those words were used before those words went public Whereas two other participants in the January 11 meeting, Senator Tom Cotton and David Perdue, issued a statement saying we do not recall the President saying these comments specifically, shithole, instead of hearing the President say shithole shithouse Whereas these statements by President Trump have been decried by many in the international community, including— (1) a United Nations human rights spokesman who said the only word to describe President Trump’s comment is racist you cannot dismiss entire countries and continents as shitholes (2) an African Union spokesperson, speaking for the organization that represents all 55 nations of the African continent, said considering the historical reality of how many Africans arrived in the U.S. during the Atlantic slave trade, this flies in the face of all accepted behavior and practice (3) the President of Haiti, when speaking at a ceremony commemorating the eighth anniversary of the devastating Haitian earthquake, who stated, the Haitian government condemns in the strongest terms these abhorrent and obnoxious remarks (4) El Salvador, which sent a formal letter of protest; (5) the President of Senegal, who stated, I am shocked by President Trump’s words on Haiti and Africa. I reject them and condemn them vigorously (6) the Botswana Government, which issued a statement describing the remarks as highly irresponsible, reprehensible, and racist (7) the South African Government, which issued a diplomatic protest to the United States; and Whereas, as a result of these concerns, United States diplomats in Haiti and other countries have been called by their host countries to explain the President’s remarks: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives does hereby— (1) publicly state our support and respect for Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations; (2) censure and condemn President Donald Trump for his statements at the January 11, 2018, White House meeting, which are hateful, discriminatory, and racist, and cannot and should not be the basis of any American policy, including immigration policy; and (3) call on President Trump to retract and apologize for these hateful, discriminatory, and racist remarks and any offense they have caused.

Summary: Expresses support and respect for Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations. Censures and condemns President Trump for his derogatory statements about Haiti and other countries at the January 11, 2018, White House meeting and calls on him to retract and apologize for such remarks.