Secretary of State Marco Rubio fired back Sunday over a “misleading headline” that claimed President Donald Trump’s immigration officials had “deported” three American citizens, all of whom are minor children.
Rubio took issue with the claim itself, telling “Meet the Press” anchor Kristen Welker that the three children were citizens and had not been deported at all, explaining that they were welcome to return to the United States at any time and had only left because their mothers — who were in the country illegally — chose to take them along when they were deported.
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.@SecRubio nukes @kwelkernbc on the latest misleading Fake News hoax: “Three U.S. citizens ages 4, 7, and 2 were not deported — their mothers, who were illegally in this country, were deported. The children went with their mothers! … The parents make that choice.”