"Law enforcement agencies continue to investigate the terrorist attack that occurred on Tuesday 29-year-old native of Uzbekistan, who sent a truck to pedestrians in Lower Manhattan and killed eight of them. Therefore, it is pitiable and counterproductive that the first instinct of President Trump is to politicize the tragedy, accusing it of immigration, what else? "- complains The Wall Street Journal.

"Obviously, early in the morning on Wednesday the president learned the sensational news: Saifullo Saipov was charged with committing this act of terrorism in the United States in 2010 following the results of the State Department's lottery for drawing immigration visas. After that, he broke out with tweets, spreading the green card draw to the nines, "reads the editorial.

"We are fiercely fighting for the immigration of the most worthy. Enough of us democratic lottery systems. We have to become much tougher (and smarter), "wrote Trump in one of the tweets.

Journalists comment: "Perhaps in connection with the Saipov case it is more important not to crack down on immigration, but to strengthen surveillance of terrorist websites and groups that are particularly prone to radicalization.

We also agree with Trump - and Senator John McCain - that Saipov should be thoroughly questioned before he was read out of the "Miranda rule" (the right to remain silent. - Prim. red. The first priority is the prevention of new terrorist attacks and the destruction of any terrorist networks ".

"Probably, we learn that Uzbekistan is a hotbed of terrorists, and immigrants from this country need to strictly check. However, it is especially important for the Commander-in-Chief to wait for answers before hastily taking political decisions or playing on fear of immigrants, "sums up the publication.