Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident mistakenly deported to an El Salvador Prison.
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00:00Mr. President, there's a group of Venezuelan men down in Texas who have been alerted that they are soon going to be deported under the Alien Enemies Act.
00:11Have you authorized that operation and where are they going to go?
00:14I don't know about the group you're talking about, but if they're bad people, I would certainly authorize it, yeah.
00:19You know, I won an election in a landslide. We won all seven swing states. We won by millions of votes.
00:24We won 2,750 districts to 505 districts. 2,750 to 505. That's why the map, when you look at it, is all red.
00:36And one of the biggest reasons, I think the biggest single reason, actually, I'd like to say it's because of this, because I think they're going to come up with things that are incredible.
00:45But probably the biggest reason was because of the border, because of illegal immigration.
00:49And the people of this country want those people out, because what Biden did, and I don't know if he did it, I'm not even sure he knows what the hell he was doing.
00:58But what his people did, representing him, was allow millions and millions of people from jails, from prisons all over the world, people from mental institutions and insane asylums, gang members, drug dealers, pouring into our place.
01:14And you know what? Our people voted for me to get them out. They want them out. They want them out. And we've done a hell of a job.
01:21And by the way, Ecuador and various places, but El Salvador, we've been helped by a lot of other states where they're helping us, actually.
01:33Because you couldn't. Look, what this man was thinking, when they allowed open borders and people to come in, if you look at Venezuela, their crime is down by 72%.
01:44You know why? They took all their criminals off the street. They took all their prisoners from jail. They took murders.
01:4911,088 murderers were released into our country. Bad things are going to happen. Bad things. And we're getting them out.
01:59And that's why I was elected. A judge wasn't elected to do that. I was elected to do that.
02:05And we're doing it in record fashion. We have the safest border, the most secure border we've ever had.
02:11See the Declaration of Independence? You should all read that before you leave. That's the real deal.
02:16You should all read it before you leave. Yeah.
02:18Senator President, photos have emerged of Senator Van Hollen sipping what appears to be margaritas with Abrego Garcia down in El Salvador.
02:27Do you encourage other Democrats to fly down to El Salvador to meet with this illegal alien who's an accused wife-beater?
02:33I like this guy. See, now, this is the kind of reporter we like. There aren't enough of them. We've got to get some more of them.
02:41But, no, I appreciate that question. No, look, he's a fake. I know them all. They're all fake.
02:46And they have no interest in that prisoner. That prisoner's record is unbelievably bad.
02:52If you would go into the room, you might – if you would, Caroline, maybe go into the room and see if you can find that little slip.
02:59I wrote some things down. I don't know why you'd want to keep them.
03:04But I just – we've got a little biography of him.
03:09Did you help set up that –
03:10Not a very – not a very innocent guy.
03:12Did you help set up that meeting, sir?
03:14Mr. President, in the spirit of Easter Sunday and –
03:18While we're on the subject, right?
03:19Yes, of course.
03:19So you're talking about Abrego Garcia. Is that the one? Yeah?
03:24Is an illegal alien MS-13 gang member and foreign terrorist.
03:28This comes out of the State Department and very legitimate sources.
03:32I mean, I assume. I'm reading. I'm just giving you what they handed to me.
03:36But this was supposed to be certified stuff.
03:39In 2019, Garcia was issued a deportation order.
03:43Two separate judges affirmed Garcia was a member of MS-13, which is a gang that may be even worse than Tren de Aragua.
03:51It may be worse. They kill people with knives because it's more painful.
03:56Well, very famous for the knifing and killing of two young 16-year-old girls walking to school one day.
04:04And they sliced them up into little pieces and killed them.
04:07That's MS-13.
04:08And two separate judges affirmed – affirmed – Garcia was a member of MS-13.
04:15And when Garcia was originally arrested, he was wearing a sweatshirt with rolls of money pouring out and an MS-13 gang symbol that he was driving with two other known violent MS-13 gang members.
04:29Two of the most violent members that we know of in the MS-13 gang of thugs.
04:35In 2022, Garcia was stopped by the Tennessee Highway Patroller who was found to be transporting seven people from Texas to Maryland.
04:45And he had no driver's license.
04:47He was driving violently.
04:49In 2020 and 2021, Garcia's wife filed for a protective order from him and said he was violent and abusive and really scary,
04:57including allegations that he punched and scratched her on the eye, left her bleeding after throwing her laptop on the floor at her, ripped her shirt, and ripped off her shorts.
05:11He then grabbed her arm, leaving very severe marks.
05:15Garcia's wife also wrote in court,
05:17At this point, I am afraid to be close to him.
05:20I just don't want to be close.
05:21I have multiple photos and videos, how violent he can be, and all of the bruises that he's left on me.
05:29She just didn't want to – couldn't get anywhere near her.
05:32This is the man that the Democrats are wanting us to fly back from El Salvador to be – a happily ensconced member of the USA family.
05:43Isn't it a shame?
05:45And by the way, I've been hit pretty hard by fake shows, fake news, MSDNC in particular,
05:53where they talk about how evil I am that this man would be thrown out of our country.
05:59This man is a – according to certified statements that we get, is a very violent person.
06:08And they want this man to be brought back into our country where he can be free and to say he's a happily – you know, happily – they call him the Maryland man.
06:20He's a Maryland father.
06:23Now, this is a violent person.
06:25Who they don't talk about is that wonderful angel mom who lost her daughter, who had five beautiful children, and she was killed violently – killed violently.
06:37And, you know, she spoke, and she spoke unbelievably.
06:41I saw it.
06:43And the fake news didn't pick it up.
06:45She spoke.
06:47She was in tears.
06:48She's devastated.
06:49And her life is, you know, essentially – she's told me her life is, like, over.
06:53But there was, like, I think no stories.
06:57Isn't that true?
06:57No stories.
06:59Zero stories.
07:00Zero stories.
07:00It was the most emotional thing.
07:02Everybody that watched it, they couldn't believe it.
07:04The fake news refused to put it up.
07:07So it's very sad.
07:09And yet they talk about this guy like he's an angel.
07:11See the angel up there?
07:13They think he's like that.
07:14Like an angel.
07:15Do you encourage other Democrats to visit?
07:17Would you be open to lying or wrong?
07:19No impact.
07:22It's just, like, unbalanced.
07:23Would you do – go ahead.