Trump in furious 8-word threat to South American country as immigration tensions explode

Donald Trump has issued a furious 8-word threat to a South American country, as tensions over immigration reach boiling point. The Republican President promised a major crackdown on illegal immigrants as part of his campaign for the White House.

Last October before the Presidential elections he told a rally in Aurora, Colorado that his administration would "close the border" and "stop the invasion of illegals into our country." Since assuming power, the US President has kept his campaign promise, deporting migrants in their tens of thousands. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported nearly 200,000 people in the first seven months of Trump's administration, according to a senior Homeland Security official.

The White House is now attempting to overturn a court order preventing it from deporting over 300,000 Venezuelans from the US.

The US President sent a furious message to his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, ordering him to accept the return of his compatriots.

"We want Venezuela to immediately accept all of the prisoners, and people from mental institutions, which includes the Worst in the World Insane Asylums, that Venezuelan "Leadership" has forced into the United States of America," he thundered.

"Thousands of people have been badly hurt, and even killed, by these 'Monsters.' GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT NOW." Then ominously, Trump added: "OR THE PRICE YOU PAY WILL BE INCALCULABLE!"

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Friday to lift deportation protections granted by Joe Biden to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the US.

In its filing, officials said: "So long as the district court's order is in effect, the secretary must permit over 300,000 Venezuelan nationals to remain in the country, notwithstanding her reasoned determination that doing so even temporarily is 'contrary to the national interest'."

A judge in San Francisco had granted an order in May preventing the removal of temporary protected status (TPS) for Venezuelans.

The White House is preparing to ramp up its deportation programme, with the ICE set to receive a massive infusion of cash.

The agency will be given nearly US$75 billion to help it meet its targets. About US$45 billion that is being set aside specifically to increase capacity at immigration detention centres. The other nearly US$30 billion is going toward enforcement and removal.