President Trump said Monday that he wants to send repeat criminal offenders to a “foreign land” so that they would be out of the U.S. and looked after for a small fee.

“I don’t want these violent repeat offenders in our country any more than I want illegal aliens from other countries that misbehave,” Mr. Trump said at the annual conference for House Republicans in Miami. 

“I want them out of our country,” the president said.

“I also will be seeking permission to do so, we’re going to get approval, hopefully, to get them the hell out of our country along with others, let them be brought to a foreign land and maintained by others for a very small fee,” Mr. Trump said.

The small fee would be instead of keeping them in U.S. jails “for massive amounts of money.”

“Let them be brought out of the country and let them for a while, let’s see how they like it,” he said. “You’ll see crime all over the country dry up.”

He also said he wants to bring back the death penalty “for these horrible people that kill people.”

“If you don’t do it, we’re just looking for trouble,” he said.

• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.