Also, in case anyone is dying to insist that the context vindicates him, here's the full context, which, if anything, makes it MORE clear he's talking about all immigrants.

"SHERIFF MIMS: Thank you. There could be an MS-13 member I know about -- if they don't reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about it.

THE PRESIDENT: We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in -- and we're stopping a lot of them -- but we're taking people out of the country.

-- You wouldn't believe how bad these people are. These aren't people, they're animals. And we're taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that's never happened before. And because of the weak laws, they come in fast, we get them, we release them, we get them again, we bring them out. It's crazy. The dumbest laws -- as I said before, the dumbest laws on immigration in the world. So we're going to take care of it, Margaret. We'll get it done."

@noelle That's how it started before.

@noelle everything about this pissed me the fuck off;

1) they do HORRIBLE THINGS like what, gardening, washing dishes, harvesting food?

2) This remains a scam to get free labor and feel big, nothing virtuous in it.

3) even if calling other humans “animals” wasn’t racist keeping actual animals in the conditions we have is horrendous.

4) and of course the conservative fap fantasy about TOUGH LEADERSHIP fixing weakness (ie not being vicious asswipes)

@noelle Himmler bragged about the Germans treating (real) animals better than other nations and that's why they would also treat human animals (jews etc.) well. Of course he was lying, but it highlights the deception.