The Breakfast Club host Charlamagne Tha God clapped back at journalist Morgyn Wood, who falsely claimed President Donald Trump’s administration was rounding up “innocent people.”
Charlamagne immediately reminded Wood that being in the U.S. illegally is a crime as Wood attempted to push her her false narrative of Trump arresting innocent people.
“At first, we were thinking it was just going to be those who were committing crimes, but no. It’s just if you are in the country and your status is not up to par, or you’re not in good standing, then you are eligible for deportation … at least under this Trump administration.”
Charlamagne quipped back, setting the record straight. “But isn’t being in the country illegally a crime? That’s a crime under federal law,” he said.
“So they’re rounding up people who are committing crimes and they’re rounding up people who are here illegally, because that too is a crime.”
At this point, Wood admitted, “That’s true.”
Meanwhile, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt clapped back at ABC’s Mary Bruce, who tried to challenge the administration’s approach.
Bruce asked for a breakdown of how many of the 3,500 illegal migrants arrested had actual criminal records versus those who were simply undocumented.
Leavitt responded by stating it was every single one of them.
“All of them because they illegally broke our nation’s laws and therefore they are criminals as far as this administration goes. I know the last administration didn’t see it that way, so it’s a big culture shift in our nation to view someone who breaks our immigration laws as a criminal, but that’s what they are.”
The fact that Charlemagne acknowledged that crossing the border illegally is, by definition, a crime should speak volumes.
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