Dem Senator Says Abrego Garcia Situation 'not Going To End Well' For Trump, Argues He's 'undermining' Freedom

Democratic Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley warned President Donald Trump that his wide deportation efforts are "not going to extremity well" for him, during comments from nan yearly White House Correspondents' Association meal complete nan weekend.

Merkley's informing came aft being asked astir his thoughts connected Trump's deportation policies and Democrats' efforts to situation them, specifically their determination to visit alleged Venezuelan pack member Kilmar Abrego Garcia successful El Salvador, aft nan Trump management deported him. 

Democrats insist Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported successful nan president's sweeping determination to region hundreds of mostly Venezuelan pack members from nan United States, arguing Abrego Garcia is not a pack personnel contempt nan Trump administration's insistence that he is. 

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"You cognize owed process is simply a – it sounds very scholarly but it's fundamentally what prevents nan authorities from sweeping you, aliases me, disconnected nan street," Merkley said erstwhile asked his thoughts connected Democrats' defense of Abrego Garcia. "[Due process] is extraordinarily important for freedom."

"I want President Trump to understand this is astir state and that what he's doing is undermining it," Merkley continued. "It's not going to extremity good for him because our federation is going to respond, and we are going to take sides our Constitution and our freedom."

The White House, meanwhile, slammed Merkley and different Democrats for choosing to dice connected a elevation defending a documented criminal who was domiciled successful nan United States illegally.

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"If nan elevation that Democrats want to dice connected is demanding nan return of a convulsive forbidden alien, wifebeater, and overseas terrorist, we are happy to excavation that sedate for them," White House spokesperson Kush Desai told Fox News Digital successful consequence to Merkley's comments. 

President Donald Trump successful nan Oval Office holding a photograph of nan tattoos connected Abrego Garcia's knuckles that nan White House says are affiliated pinch nan MS-13 violent group. (Donald Trump TRUTH Social)

In summation to Trump's deportation of Abrego Garcia, Democrats person besides been up successful arms complete nan president's determination to rescind student visas and deport non-citizen assemblage students successful nan U.S. who person allegedly been progressive successful organizing anti-Israel, and immoderate person based on anti-Semitic, protests connected assemblage campuses. 

The Trump management has cited national rule that allows migration enforcement against visa-holders deemed a nationalist information threat.  

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On Monday, Trump besides signed an executive order aimed astatine rescinding section sanctuary metropolis policies that prevented section rule enforcement from cooperating pinch national migration authorities. 

The caller bid seeks to clasp national costs hostage and allows nan Justice Department to prosecute "all basal ineligible remedies and enforcement measures" to bring non-compliant jurisdictions backmost into compliance pinch nan caller order.