WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised "zero tolerance" for violence against law enforcement officers in an address to a gathering of American police chiefs and sheriffs.
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He told the Major County Sheriffs’ Association and Major Cities Chiefs Association that his administration will give their departments the resources to recruit and retain officers.
Trump also says "no one in America should be punished" simply for growing up in a place where violence may be prevalent.
And as he has done before, he’s singling out Chicago, saying the level of violence in the city cannot be allowed to continue. He says "we’ve allowed too many young lives to be claimed."
When it comes to people who may be living illegally in the United States and involved in criminal activity, the president wants law enforcement and the public to report them to the Department of Homeland Security.
"I want you to turn in the bad ones," he said.
Trump also asserted that he had the right to enact his ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries. A federal judge has put the ban on hold, and an appeals court is considering an appeal from the Trump administration.
He told the police chiefs that his immigration order was "done for the security of our nation." He says the provision supporting the order was written "beautifully" and was within his executive authority.
"A bad high school student would understand this," he said, adding that the "courts seem to be so political."
Earlier, Trump tweeted that if he loses the court case over the travel ban, the country "can never have the security and safety to which we are entitled."
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