Trump blasts judges for blocking deportation efforts, says trial for millions 'not possible'

President Donald Trump posted on social media Saturday, criticizing judges who are blocking his administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants, arguing that it is "not possible" to hold trials for millions of people.

“We need Courageous JUSTICE in our Country. If the Courts don’t allow what we have been allowed to do for 250 years, America can no longer be the same,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Crooked Joe Biden will have destroyed our Country with his Open Border MADNESS, and allowing criminals of every type to enter with no Retribution. Murderers, Drug Dealers, Gang Members, and even the Mentally Insane will make their home in our Country, wreaking havoc like we have never seen before. It is not possible to have trials for millions and millions of people. We know who the Criminals are, and we must get them out of the U.S.A. — and FAST!”

The Trump administration has been arguing that illegal immigrants should not be guaranteed a trial before removal. Speaking from the Oval Office last week, Trump said, “We're getting them out, and I hope we get cooperation from the courts because you know, we have thousands of people that are ready to go out, and you can't have a trial for all of these people.”

"It wasn't meant, the system wasn't meant — and we don't think there is anything that says — Look, we are getting some very bad people, killers, murderers, drug dealers, really bad people, the mentally ill, the mentally insane, they emptied out insane asylums into our country, we're getting them out," Trump added. "And a judge can't say, 'No, you have to have a trial.'"

The administration has been working to expedite deportations by measures such as declaring certain South American gangs as foreign terrorist organizations and invoking the Alien Enemies Act to remove them without lengthy court proceedings. However, courts have ruled against the administration's efforts, with the Supreme Court recently issuing an order temporarily blocking the deportation of a group of alleged Venezuelan gang members under that authority.