Trump Has a New Target for His Mass Deportations: U.S. Citizens
Donald Trump loves the idea of deporting American citizens to El Salvador—no, seriously he said that.
A reporter asked Trump Sunday whether he was considering an offer from El Savador President Nayib Bukele to “take American citizens in the federal prison population.”
“Well, I love that,” Trump replied.
“If we could take some of our twenty-time wise guys that push people into subways and hit people over the back of the head, and purposefully run people over in cars, uh if he would take them, I would be honored to give them,” Trump continued.
“I don’t know what the law says on that, but I can’t imagine the law would say anything different,” Trump said, claiming that it could likely save the U.S. money to house their prisoners in El Salvador. In fact, the law does say something different: it is illegal to deport U.S. citizens.
“I would only do according to the law,” Trump said. “But I have suggested that, you know, ‘why should it stop just at people who cross the border illegally?’”