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President Trump
is committed to protecting our communities from the
violence of MS-13, a transnational gang with the motto "kill,
rape, control." The threat from MS-13 is no small problem:
There are more than 10,000 members in the United States and
more than 30,000 worldwide. The gang is active in at least 40
states, as well as our Nation's capital.
"You said
the other day that these individuals are animals,"
Evelyn Rodriguez, whose daughter was killed by MS-13 in 2016,
said to President Trump. "You're correct. They are animals
in how they kill, how they get these kids and they torture
them. No child should ever, ever have to suffer. As parents, we
have to endure that pain, that numbness every day of our
lives."
The
Administration is fighting back on all fronts. ICE
Homeland Security Investigations arrested nearly 800 MS-13
members and associates in fiscal year 2017—an 83 percent
increase from the year before. The Department of Justice has
worked with partners in Central America to secure criminal
charges against more than 4,000 of the gang's members.
Ultimately, it
is up to Congress to act. "I am calling on the
Congress to finally close the deadly loopholes that have
allowed MS-13, and other criminals, to break into our country,"
President Trump said.
Learn
more about how President Trump is dedicated to fighting MS-13.
Watch:
Full
video of yesterday's roundtable in Nassau County, New York
'Welcome
aboard and welcome to the good fight'
Many American
college students are graduating this month, and those
at our Nation's military academies are no different. Vice
President Mike Pence gave a commencement address yesterday to
the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Class of 2018.
"On behalf
of your Commander-in-Chief: Welcome aboard and welcome
to the good fight," the Vice President said. "Truth
is, you assume your watch at a time when your leadership and
your service is needed more than ever before, because in our
ever-shrinking world, more and more of the threats to the
American people are local."
See
highlights from Vice President Pence's commencement address.
More:
Read
his full speech to the Class of 2018
Photo of
the Day
Official White House
Photo by Andrea Hanks
President Donald
J. Trump meets with members of the Bethpage, NY Fire Department
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many foreigners are victims. You are a #MeToo
victim too.
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