WH Press Sec: Trump Alien Enemies Act use will save ‘countless lives’

Kellie Meyer, NewsNation Washington Correspondent:

What do you say to Americans who want safe streets but are concerned due process is being violated?

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

The president is using every lever lever of his executive authority and his constitutional authority within the bounds of the immigration laws of our country, to ensure that our streets are safer for law abiding American citizens. And this administration is focused on detaining, arresting, and deporting illegal criminal aliens. And as you saw this past weekend, the president used his authority under the Alien Enemies Act to deport foreign terrorist. Tren de Agua is now a designated US foreign terrorist organization. And as I said, there were nearly 200 trend arugula members who were sent to El Salvador this weekend. Countless lives will be saved because of this action. And if you talk to the families, the angel families, as I mentioned, Blake and Riley and Jocelyn Gray, they understand the grave cost of life at the hands of these illegal terrorists. And the president is proud to deliver on that promise for them.

Kellie Meyer, NewsNation Washington Correspondent:

And just to follow up on that, this will be challenged later today in the courts. And does the president, you know, does this allow us to allow him to defy the court order without having this, the checks and balances and the separation of power?

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

No. In fact, this administration acted within the confines of the law, again, within the president's constitutional authority and under the authority granted to him under the Alien Enemies Act. We are quite confident in that, and we are wholly confident that we are going to win this case in court.