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Illegal immigrants should be deported without trial, says Donald Trump

Trump did not differentiate between people who entered the United States to seek asylum and illegal immigrants

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US President Donald Trump is pictured during a meeting at the Istana in Singapore | Reuters photo

Reuters Washington
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that people who enter the United States illegally should be sent back to where they came from immediately without any judicial process.

Facing a public outcry and pressure even from within his Republican Party, Trump last week reversed his policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border so the adults could be detained and prosecuted, a process that typically takes months.

Since buckling on the issue on Wednesday, Trump has redoubled his criticism of US immigration laws on Twitter and in speeches where he likened illegal immigrants to invaders trying to

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