“So, that is really kind of what happened. Trump didn’t say what he was going to do but, as the president said, ‘oh, I’ll let you know, I’ll let you know.’ He went into — ‘well, people broke the laws.’ A violation of status is not a reason for deportation. That’s just not so,” Nancy Pelosi said to a stunned audience.
Basically, she is saying that being in the U.S. illegally is not cause for deportation. Well, Tom Cotton who does not suffer these political foolish notions easily, had something to say about that.
Breitbart reported that Sen. Tom Cotton questioned who federal immigration officials are allowed to deport if not illegal immigrants who have already been ordered deported by an immigration judge.
Cotton appeared in an interview with Fox News Sunday‘s Chris Wallace, and asked if the U.S. cannot deport even illegal aliens with final deportation orders, who can be deported? Here is how the exchange went:
WALLACE: President Trump has also delayed a round-up that was supposed to begin today of migrant families that have already been given their deportation orders.
[Trump] says he’s giving Congress two weeks to work out, to reform the asylum system, otherwise, he’ll impose the round-up. I don’t have to tell you, you have a little bit of a look on your face.
The likelihood … you talk about healthy skepticism, Congress isn’t going to reform the asylum system in two weeks, sir. [Emphasis added]
COTTON: So Chris I was just going to say healthy skepticism is warranted when you’re dealing with Democrats on immigration.
Let’s just think about the Democrats’ position here Chris. These are people who have claimed asylum in our country, they’ve had their day in court, they’ve had their claims rejected and now they face a valid and final order of removal.
If we can’t deport people like that, who can we deport? That’s why the Democrats’ position ultimately comes back to, in essence, open borders. [Emphasis added]
WALLACE: So what do you think of the president’s decision to hold off on the round-up of these people who should be deported? [Emphasis added]
COTTON: Two weeks for a couple of thousand families is not going to make a big difference. And if we could get a … genuine law passed through Congress that would address the asylum reforms that we need to stop the crisis at the border, that would be a good thing.
But, again, I go back to this point: If you can’t deport an illegal alien who has a valid and final order for removal that’s adjudicated by an immigration judge, who can you deport? [Emphasis added]
There are more than 1.7 million illegal immigrants with deportation orders or pending deportation orders that are yet to be reported from the United States.
More than 600.000 of the illegal immigrants have final orders for deportation, and more than 1 million illegals from Mexico and Central America have pending deportation orders.
