President Donald Trump stated that immigration raids “have not gone far enough” because “we have been held back by liberal judges", while blaming former US Presidents Biden and Obama for appointing them. He made the comment during a conversation with CBS’ 60 Minutes when asked about tactics seen in videos, including people being thrown to the ground, car windows being smashed, and tear gas being used in residential areas.

Trump defended the tactics used by immigration agents, saying they were acceptable “because you have to get the people out" and repeated his claim that many of those detained had criminal records. He added that he could invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy professional military forces, rather than the National Guard, to US cities “if I wanted to".

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