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Trump: I'm Keeping My Campaign Promise, Cracking Down on Illegals

Trump: I'm Keeping My Campaign Promise, Cracking Down on Illegals

 President Donald Trump (AP)

By    |   Sunday, 12 February 2017 08:51 AM EST

President Donald Trump lashed out at criticism of raids that have targeted hundreds of illegal immigrants around the country, justifying the actions as fulfillment of his campaign vow.

In a pair of early morning tweets, Trump suggested the roundups were aimed at those with gang and drug ties and "others."

 

He also referenced his failed executive order to ban travel from seven mostly Muslim countries, which was shot down by a federal appeals court, offering statistics showing a big majority of refugees admitted to the country are from those same countries.

New action could be coming this week on immigration, Trump has said, 

In a third Twitter blast, Trump also took aim at a familiar target: "fake news" CNN, suggesting the network retaliated against Sen. Bernie Sanders for using the derogatory term during an interview Friday night.

 

During the CNN interview  the Vermont Independent senator responded to a clip of the president saying he hadn't seen reports that his national security adviser Michael Flynn had discussed sanctions with Russia before he was sworn in.

"I don't know about that. I haven't seen it. What report is that?" Trump said when asked about the reports.

When asked whether it was a "problem" that the president said he hadn't seen any of those reports, Sanders responded: "Well, I don't know. Maybe he was watching CNN fake news. What do you think?" then added before the feed cut out: "It was a joke."

CNN denied there was any retaliatory action for the "fake news" remark.

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