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Following an emergency order from the supreme court on Saturday blocking his administration from deporting suspected Venezuelan gang members without affording them due process, Donald Trump just told reporters that it is not possible to have trials for all of the people he wants to deport.
Asked by a reporter for the Daily Caller if he is happy with the rate of deportations, Trump thanked her for the question and repeated the baseless claim he has made in the past that foreign nations, including Venezuela and the Congo, have emptied their prisons into the United States and created an emergency that can only be dealt with by the emergency powers he claims the 1798 Alien Enemies Act affords him.
Were getting them out, and I hope we get cooperation from the courts because you know, we have thousands of people that are ready to go out, and you cans have a trial for all of these people the president said.
It wasnt meant, the system wasnt meant- and we dont think there is anything that says
Look, we are getting some very bad people, killers, murderers, drug dealers, really bad people, the mentally ill, the mentally insane, they emptied out insane asylums into our country, were getting them out. And a judge cant say: No, you have to have a trial, he continued ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/22/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-signal-universities-us-politics-latest-updates-news

Walleye
(39,758 posts)SheltieLover
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Walleye
(39,758 posts)Prison space? Weve been taking care of the worst of the worst here on our soil for decades. Suddenly we cant? Are we admitting? We are too weak to deal with a gang? We have a huge thriving punishment industry here.
Deuxcents
(21,874 posts)Or how our system works because hes sent his life doing what he wants, when he wants and hires others to clean up his mess. He was never qualified to be dog catcher but here we are
BOSSHOG
(42,130 posts)The mentally insane.