WASHINGTON, United States \u2014 President Donald Trump on Sunday compared people entering the U. S. from Mexico to invaders and said they should be immediately\u2026<\/b>
\nWASHINGTON, United States \u2014 President Donald Trump on Sunday compared people entering the U. S. from Mexico to invaders and said they should be immediately sent back without appearing before a judge.
The American Civil Liberties Union said in response that such a step would be illegal and violate the Constitution that Trump swore to uphold,
\u201cWe cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country,\u201d the president said on Twitter as he was being driven to his private golf club in Northern Virginia. \u201cWhen somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order.\u201d
\u201cMost children come without parents\u2026 Our Immigration policy, laughed at all over the world, is very unfair to all of those people who have gone through the system legally and are waiting on line for years!\u201d he continued. \u201cImmigration must be based on merit \u2013 we need people who will help to Make America Great Again!\u201d
\u201cWhat President Trump has suggested here is both illegal and unconstitutional,\u201d said Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU\u2019s Immigrants\u2019 Rights Project. \u201cAny official who has sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws should disavow it unequivocally.\u201d
Trump has been criticizing immigration judges for weeks, both exaggerating the number currently hearing cases and saying that hiring more \u2014 as some members of Congress have proposed \u2014 would be unnecessary.
Trump made his anti-illegal immigration stance a centerpiece of his presidential campaign and he has pushed for strict policies since taking office. He said during a campaign appearance Saturday in Las Vegas that being for \u201cstrong borders, no crime\u201d is a winning issue for Republicans to run on in November\u2019s congressional elections.
But he bowed to public pressure last week and reversed a policy of separating adults and children who enter the U. S. illegally together at the border with Mexico, though his \u201czero-tolerance\u201d policy of criminally prosecuting all illegal border-crossers remains.
The House is expected to vote on immigration legislation this week, though its fate is uncertain.
Trump told House Republicans last week that he was \u201c100 percent\u201d behind the effort but tweeted days later that they were \u201cwasting their time\u201d voting before the midterm elections.
About a dozen protesters gathered at the entrance to Trump\u2019s club Sunday afternoon as he prepared to leave, including a woman holding a sign that said \u201cTrump Should Be Caged\u201d and a man wrapped in a Mylar blanket. Some of the separated children were seen using the blankets on government-distributed video of their holding conditions.
Further up the road, a lone man stood with a sign with Trump\u2019s headshot and the words \u201cThank You.\u201d \/cbb<\/p>\n

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