Trump's immigration policy wouldn't have allowed New York attacker to enter US: White House

The White House said today that President Trump's immigration reform policy would have prevented the New York blast suspect's entry in the US.

A 27-year-old pipe bomber of Bangladeshi decent exploded a device beneath New York's Times Square on Monday, he had reportedly learned to make the device on the internet at his Brooklyn apartment

President Trump in a statement said America must "fix its lax immigration system", adding it "allows far too many dangerous, inadequately vetted people to access our country."

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders describing the pipe bomber as a "terrorist", said: "If President Trump's policy had been in place, then that attacker would not have been allowed to come in the country."

Three people were injured in the explosion at the New York subway system with the suspected bomber Akayed Ullah receiving injuries to his torso.

Trump said Akayed Ullah had entered the US through "extended-family chain migration," which allows a family to sponsor relatives to go to the United States.

"The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed, that the suspect was admitted to the United States after presenting a passport displaying an F43 Family Immigrant Visa in 2011," Sanders said.

"And so we know that the president's policy calls for an end to chain migration, which is what this individual came to the United States through," the press secretary added.

Trump also said the controversial travel ban on eight countries was "one step forward in securing our immigration system."