Several news reports on an event hosted by President Trump on illegal immigration misconstrued a portion of his remarks, in which he described certain violent immigrants as “animals.”

During a meeting Wednesday at the White House with elected officials from California, Trump commended the state’s law enforcement for their efforts in deporting illegal immigrants, gang members in particular. But he noted that so-called “sanctuary cities” in California prevent local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.

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