President Donald Trump, who sits in his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, looked directly into the camera and said, “I don't know” when asked if the Constitution applies to immigrants facing deportation.
The comment arrived during the interview that aired on Sunday on NBC To meet the pressWhere Trump admitted that he was not sure whether his mass immigration suppression was important. He said moderator Kristen Welker: “I'm not, I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.”
According to On the NBC, the interview was largely focused on Trump's impulse as he is repeatedly described as the greatest deportation act of American history, the center of his 2024 campaign. The administration pushes the courts to be kicked out of immigrants who are accused of Venezuela's Treen de Aragua gang – without having to talk to the judge first.
Trump says the courts are slowing him
The question of whether he agrees with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said that every person in the country had the right to properly proceedings, Trump did not give a clear answer.
Kristen tried again and pointed to the fifth change that not only guarantees citizens – not only citizens – without proper proceedings or freedom. Trump also shrugged it.
“It can say that, but if you talk about it, we should have a million or 2 million or 3 million trials,” he said. “We have thousands of people who are – some murderers and some drug dealers and some of the worst people on the globe.”
He added: “I was chosen to bring them out of hell, and the courts keep me from doing it.” When Kristen asked if this means that the President did not keep to the Constitution, he replied again, “I don't know,” then pointed to his legal team. “I have brilliant lawyers who work for me, and they obviously follow what the Supreme Court said.”
However, the Supreme Court has already decided three separate times that the administration must submit the basic process, including the right to appear in front of the immigration judge. These judges work for the justice department, not the courts, but are still considered to be legal protection.
Even in this way, the administration has gone after the old wartime law to evade their protection. Using the law in 1798, the Law on Foreigners' Enemies, Trump's team tried to accelerate the deportations of the alleged members of Teren de Aragua.
This law had only been used during the declared wars, but the administration now states that the gang is, in principle, foreign power associated with the Venezuelan government. This argument did not hold in court.
On April 19, a few hours after the bus heading to Texas Airport, the Supreme Court stepped to stop these deportations. The men on these buses said they could never explain or deny the gang's participation before detention.
One of the biggest cases was Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who lived in Maryland with his wife and children. He was accused of being MS-13, although his wife and lawyer deny the claim. Worse, the decision of 2019 had already banned El Salvador. However, the Trump administration put him on the plane and sent him back.
The officials later said it was a “administrative error”. The Supreme Court commanded the Government to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar so that it could lead to its case. When Kristen asked if the US was working with El Salvador to bring him back, Trump replied: “I don't know. You should ask the chief prosecutor of this question.”
Trump denied a violation of the court order. “I rely on Pam Bond, the chief prosecutor of the United States, who is very capable, does a great job,” he said. “I'm not related to legality or illegality. I have lawyers for that, and that's why I have a great doj.”
He added that they could get more answers to the Supreme Court. “We can do it. I asked about it. We can do it.”
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