Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that his agency is targeting gangs, which he said are waging an “assault on law safety.”

“I have a message for the gangs that target our young people,” he said at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., where protesters gathered outside. “We are targeting you. We are coming after you. The MS-13 motto is ‘kill, rape and control.’ That’s their motto. Our motto is going to be justice for victims and consequences for criminals.”