US President Donald Trump called last night, a few hours after the attack in the New York subway in which three people were injured, to reform the immigration system in the US, because the current one allows "many dangerous people" to enter the country.
Pointing out that the arrested person suspected of the attack entered the US through the system of so-called "chain migration", Trump said that this person did not "satisfy the regulations" for the protection of US national security.
Chain migration, a term used by those opposed to migration, refers to people who entered the US legally through relatives already living in the country.
"The attempted attack in New York confirms that Congress must urgently pass legislative reforms to protect Americans," Trump said.
According to him, Congress should abolish "chain migration" stating that those responsible for terrorist attacks should receive harsher sentences, even death in some cases.
New York police said that the 27-year-old man who set off an improvised bomb in the New York subway on Monday came to the US seven years ago from Bangladesh, on a visa for people whose relatives are US citizens or permanent residents of that country.
Ahajed Ullah was said to be living in Brooklyn. According to officials, he told police that the attack was inspired by the Islamic State, but that he had no contact with the group.
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