Trump Likely to Touch on Immigration and Refugee Matters in His First Address a Joint Meeting of Congress
Monday, February 27, 2017
President Donald J. Trump is scheduled this week to make his first address to a joint meeting of Congress. The Address is scheduled for Tuesday, February 28, 2017, in the House Chamber. The text of the Address was not available at the time of this writing. However, it is anticipated that the subjects of immigration and refugees feature prominently among the many other matters that he mentions during his Address. |
This week’s Address will come with all of the trappings of a State of the Union Address. It will be delivered in the evening and be broadcast live on all of the major news and entertainment networks. Present in the chamber will be members of both the House and Senate, the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the president’s cabinet, and the diplomatic corps. However, is tradition for the first address to Congress by a newly sworn-in president, this week’s Address is not being billed as a State of the Union Address.