Trump: ‘We cannot allow all of these people to invade our country’

President Donald Trump continued escalating his rhetoric about migrants, tweeting Sunday, “We cannot allow all of these people to invade our country.”

The president wrote on Twitter: "When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came,” presumably confusing “bring” with “send” in that instance. “Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order.”

Trump and allies have increasingly used dehumanizing terms to describe immigration including language like "infest." At times his harsh words have been reserved for MS-13 gang members, but in other instances he is not specific as to what he is talking about and conflates migrants coming across the border with the brutal gang.

“Immigration must be based on merit – we need people who will help to Make America Great Again!” he said in his next tweet.

The president and his administration have been under intense criticism since its zero tolerance immigration policy led to the separation of families. Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that appears to end the practice, but former Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert said on Sunday that order will be overturned by the courts.

As he did earlier this week, Trump complained about the role of judges and the court system in the U.S. immigration process. Since illegal immigration is a federal crime – a misdemeanor for a first instance of illegal border crossing and a felony for someone who has been deported who illegally enters the U.S. again – the process is handled federally by immigration judges.

The president’s statement also does not account for due process concerns or whether or not a migrant is seeking asylum, as are many of those now coming from violence-plagued Central American nations.

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