Schumer responded with a statement that read, “I have always believed and continue to believe that immigration is good for America. President Trump, instead of politicizing and dividing America, which he always seems to do at times of national tragedy, should be focusing on the real solution — anti-terrorism funding — which he proposed cutting in his most recent budget.”

At the U.S. Capitol, Schumer said Trump’s handling of Tuesday’s attack contrasted sharply with how former president George W. Bush responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.

“President Bush united us,” Schumer said. “He had us in the White House the next day saying how we would work together. All President Trump does is take advantage – horrible advantage – of a tragedy and try to politicize and divide. It doesn’t work with New Yorkers, it doesn’t work with Americans.”