'These Are Animals': Trump Vows Crackdown on Violent MS-13, Other Gangs
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President Donald Trump is calling the MS-13 gang "animals" as he fights to crack down on gang violence.
"MS-13 is particularly violent. They don't like shooting people because it's too quick. It's too fast," Trump said of the gang, which is known for its violent tactics, including torturing victims and hacking them with machetes.
"Together we are going to restore safety to our streets and peace to our community and destroy the vile criminal cartel MS-13 and many other gangs," the president vowed.
A rash of gang killings in New York's Long Island suburbs prompted Trump's visit to the Big Apple. He traveled to Brentwood, a town hit hard by violence and where four men were killed in April.
The MS-13 street gang was the focus of talks with law enforcement officers.
"You are saving American lives every day and we have your backs 100 percent," said Trump. "We love our police. We love our sheriffs. We love our ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers."
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also pledged to crack down on MS-13 activity while in El Salvador. Deputy Attorney General Robert Hur said the gangs are performing "shocking acts of violence."
Trump plans to urge Congress to secure more funds to crackdown on illegal immigration and violent crime.
"We will find you, we will arrest you, we will jail you and we will deport you," said Trump.
Trump has compared MS-13's "meanness" to that of al-Qaida.
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