Karoline Leavitt Doubles Down That Deporting 'Illegal Alien Criminals' Is Priority Of Trump Administration

During a press gaggle on Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered a question about immigration.

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00:00with the president. Jordan. The White House has taken a position on Maris Alassar's

00:05visa bill and ideally what does the president want to see with a work program for killing it?

00:12Again, I know you asked me about that last week and I regret to inform you my answer remains the

00:17same. I don't think that's the the focus of the White House right now in terms of legislative

00:22priorities but certainly I promise you we'll get a readout on the bill but as I reiterated to you

00:27before the president does not support amnesty for illegal alien criminals and I think the tragic

00:34circumstance that took place in New York City this past weekend underscores the the priority of this

00:40president to secure our homeland and to deport illegal alien criminals and public safety threats

00:46from our country and our community. That's this president's priority right now. In the last several

00:52months people Americans have become more hesitant about President Trump's different ways that he's

00:59been conducting immigration. They think that it's going too far. Is the White House going to limit

01:04any ways that it is enforcing immigration across the country? I think the Trump administration is going

01:09to continue to focus on removing public safety threats and illegal alien criminals from sanctuary

01:14cities. The president himself has said that's the priority for him in this administration which

01:19the vast majority of Americans do still support removing illegal heinous criminals from their

01:24communities and ultimately the best poll that was ever taken was on November 5th when nearly 80 million

01:29Americans voted to re-elect this president largely because of his immigration policies and we've seen

01:36they've been a resounding success. Again zero illegal aliens were released into the country last month.

01:41That's a good thing for all of us standing here and for Americans across the country.

01:44There are reports, there are reports, there are reports.