He laid out a legislative framework for immigration that includes a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants, measures to boost border security, and an end to visa lottery and chain migration.
"The section on immigration demonstrates how fully the GOP has changed from where it was even a decade ago on that issue," Christopher Galdieri, assistant professor at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, told Xinhua.
"The speech was laden with reverential nods toward blue-collar, traditionally male-dominated professions," Galdieri stressed. "In many ways this was a continuation of themes and rhetoric from Trump's campaign in 2016."
Delivering a Democratic response, Representative Joe Kennedy denounced the Trump administration's policies for "turning American life into a zero-sum game" in which the well-being of some Americans comes at the expense of others.
On Tuesday night, Trump also asked both parties in the Congress to pass an infrastructure bill so as to create 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars of investment.
Elaine Chao, secretary of transportation, said that the focus on infrastructure is "a historic opportunity to create bipartisan legislation" to improve the quality of life for all Americans.
In response, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that the Trump plan has only 200 billion U.S. dollars in federal funding over 10 years, expecting state, localities, and the private sector to come up with the rest.
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