The White House on Monday defended the U.S. deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan gang members over the weekend, saying the move was done within the confines of the law despite a judge's order. - REUTERS
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00:00What do you say to Americans who want safe streets but are concerned due process is being violated?
00:07The president is using every lever of his executive authority and his constitutional
00:12authority within the bounds of the immigration laws of our country to ensure that our streets
00:18are safer for law-abiding American citizens. This will be challenged later today in the courts.
00:23Does the president, you know, does this allow him to defy the court order without having this
00:30the checks and balances and the separation of power? No, in fact this administration acted
00:35within the confines of the law again within the president's constitutional authority
00:39and under the authority granted to him under the Alien Enemies Act. We are quite confident in that
00:45and we are wholly confident that we are going to win this case in court.