US President Donald Trump held a Roundtable on Sanctuary Cities and Immigration Laws in the White House on Saturday May 16, 2018. He invited a lot of local politicians and members of law enforcement who tried to stop the "Sanctuary State" law from going into effect. In other words, he was among a group of like-minded individuals.

The "Sanctuary State" policy effectively protects undocumented ILLEGAL immigrants living in the California. It does so be preventing local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials to deport criminals. The "Sanctuary State" law makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for the US Government to detain and deport violent criminals that pose a serious threat to innocent Americans.

One of the worst groups that actually benefits from the "Sanctuary State" policy are violent, dangerous, criminal gang members, like those who are part of MS-13.

During the White House Roundtable meeting, President Trump pointed out that he was very proud of his administration’s attempts to deport criminal illegal immigrants like MS-13 gang members living in the United States illegally.

Trump also made harsh comments about MS-13, calling them "animals":

Roundtable on Santuary Cities and Immigration Laws, May 16, 2018, CSPAN

For some reason, this clip has resurfaced recently. A lot of Democrat politicians and progressives disagree with Trump's diagnosis:

Immigrants aren’t animals. Children aren’t animals. And they don’t deserve to be locked in cages, separated from their families. https://t.co/cCXEOWQL1c — Congressman TJ Cox (@RepTjCox) April 6, 2019 The devaluation of people as human beings is a tool that has been used by despots throughout history to justify genocide and crimes against humanity. I witnessed it myself in the Balkans. https://t.co/1a8jSMD8Kl — Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) April 6, 2019 You do not refer to human beings as animals. You just don’t. — Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) April 6, 2019

On the other hand, many people agree with Mr. Trump, pointing out that MS-13 gang members do terrible, terrible things.

When the behavior is as barbaric as MS13’s practice of raping, torturing, beheading, dismembering and maiming, I think calling them “animals” falls within the realm of A-OK. https://t.co/id04DUPDGx — Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) April 6, 2019

The real question is - why are Democrats standing up for MS-13? Tweets and soundbytes of progressive lawmakers endorsing the barbaric crimes of MS-13 will surely come back to bite them in 2020.

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