Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) applauded President Donald Trump invoking a 227-year-old law on Saturday to deport dangerous criminal illegal aliens from the U.S.
Rounds made the remarks when asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” about using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport members of Tren de Aragua, a hyper violent gang from Venezuela that has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“I can tell you that clearly, these individuals should never have been in the United States to begin with,” Rounds said. “And the question is, which laws are we using to get them back out, and whether or not the courts agree.”
“In the meantime, I’m happy to see that the President is following up with his promises that he’s going to keep Americans safe, and that means getting these criminal, drug or gang members, clearly criminal in nature, out of the United…
