President Donald Trump floated the idea of deporting repeat U.S. offenders to international prisons as a salve for taxpayers during a House Republican conference in Doral, Florida, Monday. “Let them be brought to a foreign land and maintained by others for a very small fee as opposed to [being] maintained in our jails for massive amounts of money including the private prison companies that charge us a fortune,” the president said. “We also have many violent criminals in our country, however, that did not necessarily come here illegally but have been arrested 30 times,” he continued. “I don’t want these violent, repeat offenders in our country any more than I want illegal aliens from other countries who misbehave.” The president went on to applaud all his deportation efforts over the past week and boasted. “Three-hundred people sitting in a plane. Every one of them either a murderer, a drug lord, a kingpin of some kind, the head of the mob, or a gang member.” He quipped, “If you’re flying that plane ... It’s not gonna end well.” The president said he was “seeking permission” for approval.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: "We also have many violent criminals in our country, however, that did not necessarily come here illegally — but have been arrested 30 times... I don't want these violent, repeat offenders in our country any more than I want illegal aliens from other countries… pic.twitter.com/l0uiWELm5L
