President Trump has harshly criticized his predecessor's “terrible” handling of the immigration crisis, including allowing unrestricted entry of violent gang members with “tattoos all over their faces.”
In his first sit-down interview of his second term, President Trump told Sean Hannity that the chaos caused by former President Biden left him with no choice but to prioritize removing illegal immigrants and tightening security at the southern border. .
President Trump said of the approximately 8 million people who entered the United States illegally during the four years of the Biden administration, “We are inundated with people.''
“Some of them, I won't go into, but I can look at them and say, 'This could be a problem,'” he said.
“There's a guy who comes in with tattoos all over his face. …Normally he wouldn't be president of a local bank,” he said jokingly.
Hours after being sworn in on Monday, President Trump declared a national emergency at the Mexican border, declaring that “American sovereignty is under attack.”
Trump's prosecution of illegal border crossings has already become a top priority in his first week in office.
In the days since returning to the White House, President Trump has taken several steps on the issue, including suspending the CBP One app and planning to deploy about 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. It's here.
