Reporter Asks Karoline Leavitt Point Blank: How Many Illegal Immigrants Do We Have In Our Country?

During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about illegal immigration into the U.S.

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00:00Carolyn, I have two questions, one on immigration and one on China.

00:04First on immigration, roughly how many illegal immigrants and aliens do we have in our country

00:09and how many does the administration plan on deporting?

00:11Sure, well, you'd have to ask the Department of Homeland Security for a specific number,

00:16but we suspect it's definitely in the millions, perhaps upwards of 20 million people

00:20that were allowed into the country illegally by the previous administration.

00:24And the President and his team are focused on deporting as many as we possibly can,

00:30and they are moving as quickly as possible.

00:32The President's team has made it clear we need more funding from Congress to do more.

00:37We need more ICE agents out on the ground doing this very important work.

00:40And we also need rogue district court judges to stop acting as judicial activists,

00:46trying to block the administration from deporting illegal criminals from our nation's interior.

00:50The American public elected the President to do this, and he's following through with that problem.

00:54We have over a quarter million Chinese nationals in our country right now on student visas.

00:58Does the administration believe there's any national security concern

01:01when it comes to those over a quarter million Chinese nationals in our trade?

01:04Well, as you know, when it comes to foreign visas,

01:07the Secretary of State remains, has the right to revoke visas of those who we feel

01:12are acting in an adversarial way to our foreign policy interests here in the United States.

01:16He has that authority according to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

01:21So I would defer you to the State Department for any individual case,

01:24but they are looking at individuals who are given the privilege of being on a visa in our country.

01:29And if they are acting, again, adversarial to our foreign policy interests,

01:33their visa can be revoked, and they should be aware of that.

01:36For more information, please refer to the foreign policy rights and the United States of the United States of Texas.

01:41Thank you to the Vice President.

01:41Thank you to the President.

01:46You're welcome.

01:48That's been a pleasure.