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Security, john kelly. in mexico. >> there will be no, repeat, no mass deportation. no, repeat no use of military force in immigration operations. none. >> the white house later clarifying the meaning of military operation. >> the president was using that as an adjective, its happening with precision. >> reporter: among mexicos complaints that the u.s. plans to deport anyone who illegally crosses the border back to mexico, even if theyre not mexican. secretary of state trex tillersn dealt with th...

Many others. >> the president was using that as an adjective. its happening with precision. in a manner in which its being done very, very clearly. i think we have made it clear in the past and secretary kelly reiterated what kind of operation this was but the president is clearly describing the manner in which this was being done. so just to be clear on his use of that phrase. i think the way its being done by all accounts is being done with very much a high degree of precision and in a flawles...

Force in immigration operations. none. yes. well approach this operation systemically and in an organized way, and in a results-oriented way, in an operation way, and a human dignity way. this is the way great militaries do business. the united states, mexico, and many others. >> and white house press secretary sean spicer was also asked about the military operation. he said the president was simply using that as an adjective, wolf. >> jeff, the president also gave an interview to the reuters ne...

Immigration. at least half of you tried to get that right because it continually comes up in the reporting. >> reporter: you can see, jake, why people might be mistaking this since the president is calling it a military operation. but from a purely factual standpoint, its not a military operation. i.c.e. is a law enforcement agency, it is not a military agency. that is who is enforcing these rules at the border. today sean spicer was asked about that in the briefing and he said the president was...

Believes any reforms will be more modest saying republicans never ever agree on health care. >> many of you i know -- >> reporter: at the white house the president talking tough about i am zbragmmigration comp crackdown to a baltimore l plan. >> were getting bad dudes out of this country and at a rate that nobody has ever seen before. and theyre the bad ones. and its a military operation because what has been allowed to come into our country -- >> reporter: mexico, homeland security secretary, j...

Sean spicer very defensive about that. he went back to that same argument that, look, this is a states rights issue. its something that has to be sorted out in the courts. so expect this to continue to be the topic of debate. obviously you had a lot of strong backlash yesterday from the lgbtq community, from the human rights campaign, which released a very strong statement essentially calling the reversal of the obama era directive an attack on transgender children. so i think thats why you saw ...

The president was using that as an adjective. its happening with precision and in a manner its being done very, very clearly. i think we made it clear in the past and secretary kelly reiterated it, what kind of operation this was. the president was clearly describing the manner in which this was being done. and so just to be clear on his use of that phrase, and i think the way its being done, by all accounts, is being done with very much -- a high degree of precision and a flawless manner in ter...

Military operations, i want to play the presidents comments from a roundtable with the ceos this morning. >> whats happening at the border all a sudden for the first time were getting gang members out, drug lords out, really bad dudes out of this country. and at a rate nobody has ever seen before and theyre the bad ones. and its a military operation because what has been allowed to come into our country when you see gang violence that you have read about like never before, much of that is people...

We have to invest in infrastructure, we have to talk about rebuilding our broken educational system. i think those priorities should take precedence over investments in nuclear armament. >> for a long time democratic and republican administerings since the collapse of the soviet union, theyve been trying to reduce those nuclear arsenals. this would be a significant shift if we see this new administration try to expand the nuclear arsenal. >> absolutely. well, i think well certainly have a growth...

And its a military operation. secretary kelly, dhs secretary down in mexico saying essentially promising again no mass deportations and saying, no, no use of military and immigrant enforcement which leads to questions, out of the gate, saying which was my question -- the right hand talking to the left. >> now spicer saying this was being used as an adjective. what he meant was this will be done with precision. >> we have the shot. lets roll the sound bite. >> the president is using that as a sou...