What is MS-13?

Trump often cites this violent gang as a reason to beef up his immigration policy—but they say it's only empowering them.

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00:00The Mara feels that we don't have the support of the police, we feel afraid to call them.

00:12So they feel more free to bother us.

00:31Increasing the number of ICE officers who are fantastic and Border Patrol officers

00:39so we can dismantle vile criminal gangs like, as I said, MS-13 animals.

00:51Do you feel like they can do whatever they want? Because Trump himself has made everybody fear.

00:56All the immigrants, they feel like if they go to the police or something, they get deported.

01:26The Mara feels that we don't have the support of the police, we feel afraid to call them.

01:31So they feel more free to bother us.

01:56We're going to destroy the vile criminal cartel MS-13 and many other gangs.

02:17But MS-13 is particularly violent.

02:27Trump is saying that all the Hispanics are bad and everything.

02:31So whatever happens to them, they'd rather stay quiet and let it happen.