The left was upset because it’s not at all obvious from the context that he’s talking about MS-13, but rather anyone who’s deported — or at least a lot of them.

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. These are 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.

But gang members make up less than 1% of deportations, and most of those aren’t MS-13.