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    Sen. Dick Durbin: President Trump used 'hate-filled, vile and racist' language in immigration meeting

    by John Byrne and Katherine Skiba, Chicago Tribune Jan 13, 2018 5 minutes

    CHICAGO - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday ripped President Donald Trump for using "hate-filled, vile and racist" language when talking about immigrants from Haiti and Africa, even as Trump took to Twitter to deny he made the comments.

    Durbin, D-Ill., was in Chicago for an annual breakfast to honor Martin Luther King Jr. after taking part in an Oval Office meeting Thursday on immigration reform, where he said Trump referred to African nations as "shitholes" and asked why America would want to accept more immigrants from Haiti. Durbin said he's not optimistic in the aftermath of the meeting that congressional Democrats and Republicans will be able to agree on another immigration deal.

    Durbin said he was the lone Democrat among about a dozen lawmakers in the meeting with Trump to pitch

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