During an interview, President-elect Donald Trump reportedly declared that he intends to deport as many illegal immigrants as possible, beginning with criminals, upon his inauguration next month.
During an interview with Kristen Welker of NBC News on “Meet The Press” on Sunday, Trump made the remarks.
Trump declared that individuals who have committed crimes will be prohibited from entering the United States legally during his tenure.
Trump stated that he was “forced” to deport a significant number of individuals when faced with the logistical challenges.
“I think you have to do it,” Trump concluded during the discussion, “It’s a very tough thing to do.” he added.
“You have to have, you know, you have rules, regulations, laws. They came in illegally. You know, the people that have been treated very unfairly are the people that have been on line for ten years to come into the country. And we’re going to make it very easy for people to come in, in terms of they have to pass the test.” Trump remarked.
“We have to get the criminals out of our country. We have to get people that were taken out of mental institutions and put them back into their mental institution no matter what country it is.” he added.
“Number one, we’re doing criminals and we’re going to do them really rapidly. We’re getting the worst gang probably with MS-13, and the Venezuelan gangs are the worst in the world. They’re vicious, violent people. And you’ve seen what they’ve done in Colorado and other places. They’re taking over, they’re literally taking over apartment complexes and doing it with impunity.” he continued.
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