President Donald Trump's tweet Friday on MS-13 came less than half-an-hour after "Fox & Friends," Trump's morning news show of choice, aired a segment on incidents of violence by the gang. | Chris Kleponis/Pool/Getty Images Amid gun debate, Trump pushes for border wall and hits Dems on DACA

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday to push for his proposal to build a wall along the southern U.S. border and criticize Democrats on immigration, missives that come as the Trump administration continues to grapple with fallout from the Florida high school shooting.

"MS-13 gang members are being removed by our Great ICE and Border Patrol Agents by the thousands, but these killers come back in from El Salvador, and through Mexico, like water," the president tweeted. "El Salvador just takes our money, and Mexico must help MORE with this problem. We need The Wall!"


The president's tweet Friday on MS-13 came less than half-an-hour after "Fox & Friends," Trump's morning news show of choice, aired a segment on incidents of violence by the gang.

In a later post, the president accused Democrats of abandoning their push to shield young undocumented immigrants protected under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, commonly referred to as DACA.

"For those of you who are still interested, the Democrats have totally forgotten about DACA," Trump tweeted. "Not a lot of interest on this subject from them!"

Negotiations on DACA have repeatedly stalled in Congress this year, with Democrats unable to garner sufficient Republican support for a compromise on the measure.

The Trump administration has made its crackdown on gang violence, along with the border wall proposal, a focus of its immigration agenda. Since taking office, Trump has repeatedly railed against MS-13, a gang with close ties to Central America.

Trump complimented Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his handling of gang violence during a meeting to discuss school safety with state and local officials at the White House on Thursday.

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"You're doing a great job on the gangs," Trump told Sessions while speaking alongside other administration officials.

Trump on Wednesday met with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 were killed and numerous others were injured after a gunmen opened fire on students and staff.

The deadly attack has renewed the national debate on gun regulations, with the president floating a series of proposed ideas aimed at bolstering school safety in recent days.

