Migrant Mugshots Displayed Along White House Lawn

[LAUREN KEENAN]

OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE – MUGSHOTS OF ARRESTED UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ON LARGE POSTERS LINE THE DRIVEWAY — SHOWING THE FACES OF PEOPLE ACCUSED BEING IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, AND ALSO THE CRIMES THEY’VE ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED.

UNDER EACH PHOTO IS THE PHRASE “ILLEGAL ALIEN” – WITH THE WHITE HOUSE’S OFFICIAL LOGO STAMPED AT THE BOTTOM.

SOME OF THE CRIMES INCLUDE RAPE, MURDER, SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD, DISTRIBUTION OF FENTANYL, AND OTHERS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION ADDED APPROXIMATELY 100 MUGSHOT POSTERS ALONG THE DRIVEWAY OF THE WHITE HOUSE – JUST BEFORE TRUMP’S 100-DAY IN OFFICE MARK.

THE MUGSHOT POSTERS ARE DIRECTLY BEHIND WHERE THE NATIONAL PRESS CORPS REPORTERS LINE UP FOR THEIR WHITE HOUSE LIVE SHOTS.

WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT SPOKE ABOUT TRUMP’S BORDER POLICIES DURING MONDAY’S PRESS BRIEFING.

[KAROLINE LEAVITT / WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY]

 “AMERICA’S BORDERS ARE NOW SECURE BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE HAS RESTORED THE RULE OF LAW, ENFORCED OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS AND DEFENDED AMERICA’S SOVEREIGNTY. THE PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY DECLARED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER, DEPLOYED THE US MILITARY AND BORDER PATROL TO REPEL THE INVASION AND ENDED RECKLESS CATCH AND RELEASE POLICIES.”

[LAUREN KEENAN]

THE MUGSHOT POSTERS COME AT A TIME WHEN TRUMP’S ADVERSARIES HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF HIS IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES HAVE DETAINED SEVERAL WOMEN AND CHILDREN… AMONG THEM, THE WIFE OF AN ACTIVE-DUTY COAST GUARDSMAN, THE MOTHER OF A 1-YEAR-OLD, AND THREE U.S. CITIZEN KIDS AGED 2, 4, AND 7… SAYING THEY DON’T HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY. THE A-C-L-U IS PUSHING BACK, CALLING THE DETENTIONS A VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS.

IN MARCH, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DEPORTED WHAT THEY CLAIMED TO BE VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBERS TO A MEGA PRISON IN EL SALVADOR – AND ONE MAN, KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA, AN EL SALVADOR CITIZEN LIVING IN MARYLAND HAD A COURT ORDER NOT TO BE DEPORTED.

MARYLAND SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN CALLED ABREGO GARCIA’S DEPORTATION AN ILLEGAL ABDUCTION WITH NO DUE PROCESS.

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