U.S. President Donald Trump has called for the immediate deportation of illegal immigrants without judicial proceedings, while launching a verbal attack on current U.S. immigration laws.
Ro Aram has more.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, Trump described migrants at the southern border as invaders who must immediately, with no judges or court cases, be sent back from where they came.
He also called standing U.S. immigration laws a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order.
In a follow-up tweet, he said the current policy was being laughed at all over the world and was very unfair to those who come through legally, adding immigration should be based on merit.
Trump also called for Democrats to fix immigration laws, adding his administration was doing a far better job than former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on immigration legislation later this week.
Trump's comments came less than a week after he signed an executive order reversing a policy that separated migrant families following fierce domestic and global backlash.
The order also called for families with children to jump in front of the line during immigration proceedings.
Rights groups immediately criticized Trump's latest proposal, saying it would violate the U.S. Constitution's due process provision, which applies to citizens and non-citizens alike.
It states that "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law."
Ro Aram, Arirang News.