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'Animal': Trump's Comment Understates Peril of MS-13 Gang Members - ICE

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Donald Trump, who faced criticism all week for likening MS-13 gang members to animals, was in reality too kind in his... 26.05.2018, Sputnik International

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'Animal': Trump's Comment Understates Peril of MS-13 Gang Members - ICE

03:01 GMT 26.05.2018 (Updated: 17:45 GMT 27.11.2022)

© AP Photo / Charles KrupaWeapons on display at the U.S. Attorney's office following the arrests of gang members in Boston, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Authorities say they have charged 56 members of the MS-13 gang in and around Boston. The gang is notoriously violent and known for using machetes to kill victims. According to court documents, in 2012, MS-13 became the first and remains the only street gang to be designated by the U.S. government as a "transnational criminal organization."

Weapons on display at the U.S. Attorney's office following the arrests of gang members in Boston, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. Authorities say they have charged 56 members of the MS-13 gang in and around Boston. The gang is notoriously violent and known for using machetes to kill victims. According to court documents, in 2012, MS-13 became the first and remains the only street gang to be designated by the U.S. government as a transnational criminal organization. - Sputnik International

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Donald Trump, who faced criticism all week for likening MS-13 gang members to animals, was in reality too kind in his description, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tomas Homan told the president to his face.

"I know you’ve been taking a hit on your comments on animals and MS-13 but I think you’re being kind," Homan said at a White House meeting with Trump on Friday. "Animals kill for survival; MS-13 kills for sport. They kill to terrorize and there’s a big difference there."

Many outlets in US media reported that the president had called all immigrants animals, even though he was speaking about gang members.

In this March 26, 2012 photo, an inmate belonging to the Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 gang stands inside the prison in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador. Six months after El Salvador brokered an historic truce between two rival gangs to curb the nation's daunting homicide rate, officials are split over whether the truce actually works. The gangs, which also operate in Guatemala and Honduras, are seeking truce talks in those countries as well. - Sputnik International

'Impossible': Doubts Over Trump's Plan to Defeat World's Bloodiest Gang MS-13

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The confused context prompted a week of back and forth between Trump and some members of Congress. When House Minority Leader Nancy reacted to the animals comment by saying, "We’re all God’s children," Trump pushed back by accusing Pelosi of supporting MS13.

Also at Friday’s meeting, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein explained that loopholes in immigration laws allow more than 90 percent of illegal immigrant gang members to remain permanently in the US if they are under 18 years old or claim to be under 18.