Trump Taken By Surprise By Question On Deportations: 'I Don't Know'
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Recent reports have revealed the administration was planning to send migrants to Libya, a nation plagued by conflict and human rights violations.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared unaware that his administration was planning to deport immigrants to Libya, a country plagued by armed conflict and brutal human rights violations, despite reports revealing as much more than a week ago.
CNN cited unnamed sources last month who said the Trump administration has discussed transporting asylum-seekers taken into custody at the U.S. border to Libya. Three officials said Tuesday that the U.S. could start deporting people to Libya as early as this week.
When asked during an Oval Office press conference Wednesday whether his administration would be “sending migrants to Libya,” however, Trump responded with the same obliviousness he displayed in a far less consequential answer one day prior about soccer.
“I don’t know,” Trump told reporters. “You’ll have to ask Homeland Security, please.”
The response left critics aghast, as Trump himself recently accused former President Joe Biden of being similarly unaware of his own policies while in office — and Trump’s crackdown on immigration has already prompted dire questions about due process.
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