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New York - 28 July 2017
1. Various of President Donald Trump arriving on stage for speech
2. SOUNDBITE (English) President Donald Trump:
"For many years they exploited America's week borders and lax immigration enforcement, to bring drugs and violence to cities and towns all across America. They are there right now because of weak political leadership, weak leadership, weak policing and in many cases because the police weren't allowed to do their job. I met police, that are great police, that aren't allowed to do their job because they have a pathetic mayor or a mayor that doesn't know what's going on, but..." (CHEERING)
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) President Donald Trump:
"They have transformed peaceful parks and beautiful, quiet neighborhoods into blood stained killing fields. They are animals, we cannot tolerate as a society the spilling of innocent, young, wonderful, vibrant people."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) President Donald Trump:
"One by one we are liberating our American towns. Can you believe that I'm saying that? I'm talking about liberating our towns, it's like I see in a movie, they are liberating the town, like in the old Wild West. Right? We are liberating our towns, I never thought I would be standing up here talking about liberating the towns on Long Island, where I grew up, but that is what you are doing."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) President Donald Trump:
"But I have a simple message today for every gang member and criminal alien, that are threatening, so violently our people, we will find you, we will arrest you, we will jail you and we will deport you." (CHEERING)
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) President Donald Trump:
"We need more resources from Congress and we are getting them. Congress is actually opening up and really doing a job. They should have approved health care last night, but you can't have everything. Boy oh boy, they have been working on that one for seven years, can you believe that? The swamp, but we will get it done. We are going to get it done. You know I said from the beginning, let Obamacare implode and then do it, I turned out to be right, let Obamacare implode." (CLAPPING)
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) President Donald Trump:
"And when you see these towns and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in, rough, I said please don't be too nice, like when you guys put somebody in the care and you are protecting their head, you know, the way you put your hand over, like don't hit their head and they have just killed somebody, don't hit their head, I said you can take the hand away, okay." (LAUGHING and CHEERING)
8. Cutaway
President Trump is calling on Congress to dedicate more funding to illegal immigration and violent crime, but also reminding them of their failure on health care.
During a speech in Long Island, New York Friday, Trump said Congress should have approved legislation to repeal the Obama-era health law after working on it for seven years. But he says "you can't have everything."
Trump says he said from the beginning to "let Obamacare implode" and then repeal it.
He says "I turned out to be right."
Trump has made cracking down on MS-13, also called Mara Salvatrucha, a top priority of his administration.
The gang, which is believed to have originated in immigrant communities in Los Angeles in the 1980s and then entrenched itself in Central America when its leaders were deported, is infamous for its violent tactics, including torturing victims and hacking them with machetes.
The Trump administration blames the gang's recent resurgence in certain areas on illegal immigration and believes policies like building a wall along the southern border and cracking down on so-called "sanctuary cities" will eradicate the problem.
Critics see the focus misplaced and argue resources could be better spent on other enforcement efforts.
Trump also appeared to advocate rougher treatment of people in police custody.
He spoke dismissively of arresting officers who protect suspects' heads while putting them in police cars in a speech in front of law enforcement on Long Island.
He said: "You can take the hand off," drawing cheers from his audience.
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