00:00poses in court later today.
00:01And for people who have due process questions
00:04about making certain that there wasn't anyone
00:07who was swept up who did not meet the criteria
00:10that you laid out, is there a way for the administration
00:12to provide more detail about how that was determined,
00:16who the individuals were that met this deportation order?
00:21Yes, I can assure the American people
00:23that Customs and Border Patrol and ICE
00:25and the Department of Homeland Security
00:27are sure about the identities of the individuals
00:30who were on these planes
00:31and the threat that they posed to our homeland.
00:34They take this incredibly seriously.
00:36They are putting their lives on the line
00:38to deport these designated terrorists from our country,
00:42and they should be trusted to do that.
00:43And that's exactly what the American people
00:45elected this president to do.
00:46Go ahead.
00:47Thanks, Caroline.
00:47Just to follow up on that then.
00:49So you're saying definitively that the administration
00:51can prove everyone that was put on those flights in El Salvador
00:55was either a member of Trinidad Agua,
00:57MS-13, or some other entity?
00:59Yeah. We've already provided the breakdown
01:01in the effort of transparency
01:03about the 261 illegal aliens who were deported.
01:07137 of those were deported under the Alien Enemies Act.
01:10101 of those were Venezuelans removed via Title VIII,
01:14which, as you know, are just regular immigration proceedings.
01:17And 23 of them were MS-13 Salvadorian gang members.
01:21There were also two MS-13 ringleaders
01:24as part of that group of 23 who President Bukele
01:27particularly expressed his gratitude for their return
01:30so he can demand justice in his home country.
01:33Jennifer.
01:34What criteria, though, other than, say, tattoos
01:38or maybe being in the wrong place at the wrong time,
01:42are they using to determine that someone is actually a member
01:45of one of these organizations?
01:47Intelligence and the men and women on the ground
01:50in the interior of our country
01:52who are finally being allowed to do their jobs,
01:54their hands were tied under the previous administration.
01:57And as I said, they take their jobs very seriously.
02:00They should be trusted and respected
02:02by the American public with this operation.
02:05And, of course, as I said to Kelly,
02:07the administration will provide all details
02:10to the questions that the court poses.
02:12Jennifer.
02:13One more follow-up on that.
02:14Can you say how much the U.S.
02:15is paying El Salvador to imprison these Venezuelans?
02:20And then a different question on Russia.
02:22I was wondering if you could give us an update
02:23on the ceasefire negotiations.
02:25And is there anything you can share on the list
02:28that Putin gave, passed along to President Trump,
02:30for the things he's requesting?
02:32Sure. To your first question,
02:33it was approximately $6 million to El Salvador
02:37for the detention of these foreign terrorists.
02:40And I would point out that is pennies on the dollar
02:42in comparison to the cost of life
02:46and the cost it would impose on the American taxpayer
02:48to house these terrorists in maximum-security prisons
02:52here in the United States of America.
02:53And I would echo the message
02:55of our Secretary of State, Marco Rubio,
02:57who expressed his gratitude to President Bukele
03:00and El Salvador's government
03:02for their cooperation in this deal.
03:04As for Russia, as you know,
03:06the President announced last night on Air Force One,
03:08on his return from his very busy weekend in Florida,
03:12that he will be speaking to President Putin tomorrow.
03:15I won't get ahead of those negotiations,
03:17but I can say we are on the 10th yard line of peace,
03:20and we've never been closer to a peace deal
03:22than we are in this moment.
03:24And the President, as you know, is determined to get one done.
03:29Sure.
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