Seth Meyers is pretty sure Trump has no idea what judges do

President Trump is trying his best to convince the American people that the situation along the southern border is dangerous, Seth Meyers said on Monday's Late Night, even going so far as to say the migrants seeking asylum look like scary mixed martial arts fighters and we should do away with immigration judges.

Trump has been directing his fury at asylum seekers for some time now, telling a crowd in Las Vegas over the weekend that many of them are scamming the system and are among the "roughest people you've ever seen," looking like they could be "fighting in the UFC." Trump doesn't care that the United States has a legal process for applying for asylum, Meyers said, which includes having your case heard before a judge. The president proved that in recent days, saying multiple times "we have to get rid of judges."

Meyers isn't sure if Trump knows what a judge does or how courtrooms operate, thanks to comments Trump made on Friday, when he blasted the decision in Reno v. Flores, which protects migrant kids from being held indefinitely in custody. Court cases are named after the parties involved, but Trump thought Flores was the name of the judge who presided over the case, and berated this nonexistent person. "Judge Flores, whoever you may be, that decision is a disaster for our country," Trump said. "There is no Judge Flores," Meyers sighed. "No one calls the O.J. Simpson trial 'The Lance Ito Case.'" Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia

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