“I spoke of drug smugglers,” he told Andiola. “Now you’re not here to tell me you’re one of them, are you?”

Andiola said she came to the country from Mexico with her mother when she was 11 and has lived in the U.S. for 17 years. She said her mother was escaping an abusive relationship, and they already had family in the U.S., so they came across the border.

Her mom had applied to get into the U.S. legally but was denied, she said.

“And so it’s OK then to violate the law?” King answered back.

“I’m really sorry that you come from a lawless country,” he later added. “I hope that you can have a happy life. But please, do not erode the rule of law in America.”