WASHINGTON (AP) – The latest on President Barack Obama’s news conference and last overseas trip as president (all times EST):
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With just weeks left in office, President Barack Obama is making the argument that immigration is good for the American economy.
In a White House news conference ahead of his final overseas trip as president, Obama addressed a question about whether Americans voted for Donald Trump because they are seeking a “course correction.”
Obama acknowledged that many Americans have grown skeptical about the “complex argument” in support of immigration, when they see factories closing at home and jobs going offshore. But he said “immigration is good for our economy” if it is “orderly and lawful.”