A CNN panel on Wednesday night spiraled into chaos during a heated segment on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, with the deportation of Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia setting off fierce clashes among the guests.

The uproar began when “The View” co-host Ana Navarro tried to draw a comparison between illegal immigrants and other marginalized groups, prompting sharp pushback from CNN contributor Shermichael Singleton, who fired back that illegal immigration could not be compared to the forced enslavement of African Americans.

“They are not the same as Black people who were brought here against our will,” Singleton said, interrupting Navarro as she spoke. Despite moderator Abby Phillip’s attempts to calm the discussion, Navarro accused Singleton of “purposely mishearing” her remarks, to which he shot back, “Now you’re in my brain?”

Navarro, defending her comments, emphasized her Latino identity and accused Singleton of ignoring racial profiling against Hispanic Americans. Singleton replied that he didn’t need a lecture on discrimination from someone who wasn’t Black.

The fireworks didn’t end there. Tensions exploded again when panelist Scott Jennings addressed the elephant in the room—Abrego Garcia’s suspected affiliation with MS-13. Jennings argued that Democrats were destroying their credibility by championing the return of an individual with alleged ties to one of the world’s most violent gangs.

“You are arguing for the president to re-import a dangerous member of a transnational terrorist organization,” Jennings said. “That’s not what he was elected to do.”

Navarro dismissed Jennings’ claims as “an absolute lie,” asserting that Trump’s claims about Abrego Garcia’s gang tattoos were baseless and likely photoshopped. Jennings fired back, pointing to the tattoo evidence shown by Trump during his ABC interview and slammed Navarro’s defense as a political liability for the left.

“You’re losing this fight. That’s why Speaker Hakeem Jeffries is begging his members to stop dying on this hill,” Jennings said, referencing internal Democrat concerns over the political fallout of the Garcia case.

As the argument devolved into cross-talk, Phillip was once again forced to intervene. But the arguing resumed when Jennings questioned why America could let millions cross the border, yet “go through years of paperwork” to deport illegal aliens already here.

Navarro and CNN columnist Raul Reyes tried to push back, with Reyes citing CNN polling suggesting 54% of Americans support Garcia’s return. Jennings reminded them that Trump was elected to do exactly the opposite.

Singleton jumped in again, reminding the panel that the United States is a sovereign nation and has the right to enforce its borders. “People don’t get to break in just because they want to,” he said.

Despite efforts to pivot away from the shouting match, the damage was done. Viewers were left watching a fractured panel divided over a flashpoint case that has exposed deep ideological rifts—not just about illegal immigration, but about what kind of country America is becoming under Trump’s renewed leadership.