Trump says legislation needed after Supreme Court ruling on immigrant felons

  • President Donald Trump said Congress must quickly pass legislation that would permit the deportation of illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes.
  • The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that current law was unconstitutionally vague.
President Donald Trump makes an announcement on the introduction of the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on August 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump makes an announcement on the introduction of the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on August 2, 2017 in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump said Congress must quickly pass legislation that would permit the deportation of illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that current law was unconstitutionally vague.

"This is a public safety crisis that can only be fixed by Congress - House and Senate must quickly pass a legislative fix to ensure violent criminal aliens can be removed from our
society," Trump said on Twitter.