Border czar Tom Homan stormed away from reporters after he was accused of circumventing due process by rushing deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
Homan spoke to reporters outside the White House on Monday after ABC News revealed that the Trump administration "made a calculated decision to ignore a judge's directive to turn around two flights containing hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members."
"Is every one of those guys a member of the gang? How do you know it?" one reporter asked. "And why can't they sort that out with a lawyer and an adherent, which is how it should be?"
"Look, we abided by the court's decision," Homan insisted. "His written order was on five illegal aliens, and they wanted to deport them, and we abided by that."
"By the time the other order came, the plane was already over international waters with a plane full of terrorists and significant public safety threats, and to turn a plane around over international waters, we're going to refuel over international waters, come back and bring terrorists back to the United States?" he continued. "That's not what this president promised the American people, but the president did the exactly right thing."
"I can't believe any media would question the president's ability to remove terrorists from this country."
Another reporter pressed Homan on the suspected gang members' civil rights.
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"What do you say to those who claim you're using a 200-year-old law to circumvent due process?" the reporter asked.
"An old law?" Homan snapped. "It's not as old as the Constitution. We still pay attention to that, don't we?"
With that, the border czar turned and walked away, refusing any further questions.
