White House senior counterterrorism official Sebastian Gorka appeared on Newsmax on Tuesday and defended the Trump administration’s decision to deport El Salvadoran illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling it a matter of national security and common sense.

Gorka told “Rob Schmitt Tonight” that the case of Abrego Garcia — who the Trump administration asserts is a MS-13 gang member — illustrates a clear-cut national security issue.

“Well, the question is solved. At so many levels,” Gorka said. “Number one, this individual is a foreign national who came here illegally. So that’s your first two strikes. Then we find out he’s a member of an organization that we recently designated as a foreign terrorist organization. So, three strikes, and you’re out.”

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