Trump Torches Reporter Over Question On Illegal Immigration: ‘That’s What The Law Says’

 President Donald Trump slammed a reporter on Friday who questioned his authority to deport illegal alien gang members before they have had the chance to appear in court.

The question came after the administration deported hundreds of members of the hyper violent Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua despite a federal judge trying to stop the deportations from happening.

“Mr. President, do you think you have the authority, the power to round up people … and that you’re under no obligation to a court to show the evidence against them?” a reporter asked.

“Well, that’s what the law says,” Trump noted. “And that’s what our country needs, because we were unfortunately, they allowed millions of people to come into our country, totally unvetted, totally unchecked.”

“So you ought to ask, did Biden have the authority to allow millions of people in?” Trump continued. “Did Biden have the authority to do something that’s unthinkable? Have open borders where millions of people poured into our country totally unvetted and totally unchecked, just as you would say. And many of those people were criminals. Many of them were from jails and prisons and mental institutions and gang members and drug dealers and very dangerous people.”

Trump highlighted how many of the illegal alien gang members were murderers and are involved in committing serious crimes across the country, including attacks on law enforcement.

“Biden allowed that to happen to our country, and his people that really ran the country, and the person that operated the autopen, I think we ought to find out who that was, because I guess that was the real president,” Trump said. “So when you ask me if we have the authority, did Biden have the authority to allow millions of people to come into our country, many of these people hardened criminals who have caused tremendous damage in our country?”

The president concluded by saying that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has the authority to remove any noncitizen that he wants from the United States.

“Marco Rubio has a lot of big decisions to make, and he’s a fantastic person, a great man,” Trump said. “I think he has a chance to be our best Secretary of State. He’s been doing incredibly. He worked so hard. He’s gone to so many different countries already, and he’s got the authority to get bad people out of our country, and you can’t stop that with a judge sitting behind a bench that has no idea what goes on, who happens to be a radical Left lunatic.”