Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and senior director for counterterrorism, told Newsmax on Monday it was “stunning” to see left-wing groups try to prevent the U.S. from deporting illegal immigrants who are violent gang members.
“What kind of individual of any political color is on the side of the foreign nationals who are rapists, murderers, child traffickers?” Gorka told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “It beggars belief. You don’t have to like the fact that my boss won 77 million votes in the November election. But can’t we agree on some things like cartel members are bad, that America should have borders, and that killing terrorists is a good thing. It shouldn’t be controversial, should it?”
Trump on Saturday issued a proclamation invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act regarding an invasion of the U.S. by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which was designated a foreign terrorist organization by the administration. The act states in a declared war between the U.S. and “any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion is perpetrated, or threatened against the territory” of the U.S. by any foreign nation or government, and the president makes such a proclamation, “all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government” being 14 and older who are in the U.S. and not naturalized are subject to removal.
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