GOP Sen. John Kennedy says Trump administration should not send Americans to foreign prisons

[ad_1] Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., pushed again Sunday on President Donald Trump’s expressed curiosity in sending U.S. residents who commit crimes to prisons overseas.

Requested on NBC Information’ “Meet the Press” if he believes the regulation permits Trump to ship home criminals to overseas prisons, Kennedy mentioned, “No, Ma’am,” including: “Now we have our personal legal guidelines. Now we have the Eighth Modification to the Structure. We shouldn’t ship prisoners to overseas nations, in my judgment.”

His remarks come after Trump instructed Fox Information on Tuesday that his administration is “wanting into” the potential of sending what he referred to as “homegrown criminals” to overseas prisons.

“I name them homegrown criminals. I imply the house — the homegrown ones, those that grew up and one thing went flawed,” Trump mentioned, including: “We're wanting into it and we need to do it. I'd love to try this.”

Kennedy additionally spoke to moderator Kristen Welker about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who the Trump administration admits was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, even because it alleges that Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang. (Abrego Garcia’s spouse and attorneys deny the allegation.)

Deporting Abrego Garcia “was a screw-up,” Kennedy instructed Welker, however added that he wasn’t involved in regards to the administration doing something comparable sooner or later.

“I don’t see any sample right here. I’ve been listening to my Democratic associates say for, I don’t know, since God was a baby, that Trump is a menace to democracy. I don’t see any sample right here. I see a screw-up,” Kennedy mentioned.

The GOP senator, who made headlines earlier this yr together with his remarks in regards to the want for Trump administration officers to comply with court docket orders, instructed Welker that he doesn’t imagine the administration is ignoring federal judicial rulings on this case. Democrats, who level to judicial selections that ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S., are alleging the opposite.

“I don’t imagine that President Trump will defy a federal choose’s order. If he does, I’ll name him out on it,” Kennedy instructed Welker, including: “I like the rule of regulation. I like it just like the satan loves sin.”

Kennedy additionally spoke about Trump’s feedback this week about Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, included the president’s remarks that he's “not completely satisfied” with Powell and that the chair’s termination “can't come quickly sufficient.”

Federal Reserve chairs are sometimes appointed by presidents and confirmed by the Senate to serve four-year phrases, boosting their independence from the present administration in energy.

Powell was first nominated by Trump throughout his first time period, in 2017, and he was nominated to serve a second time period by then-President Joe Biden in 2022.

“I don’t suppose the president, any president, has the appropriate to take away the Federal Reserve chairman,” Kennedy instructed Welker. “I believe the Federal Reserve must be unbiased.”

The senator additionally supplied some recommendation to the 2 males following per week of Trump lobbing barbs at Powell, saying, “I believe that Jay Powell and President Trump want to take a seat down and, as soon as once more, have a hug and a cup of sizzling cocoa and work it out.”