Trump: Deportation policy might have been "too tough"
Summary
President Donald Trump said his administration’s deportation policy may have been too tough, including toward people who had lived and worked in the United States for years. He said the crackdown helped and hurt Republicans politically and expressed interest in working with congressional Democrats on immigration, but the article says no enforcement change has been announced.Key Facts
- Trump made the comments in an interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat.
- Trump said he believes he received strong marks for closing the border and removing people he called dangerous.
- He said some people who were deported had jobs and had violated the law by entering the country illegally.
- The article links Republican losses in the midterm elections partly to voter concerns about the immigration crackdown.
- The article reports that unauthorized border crossings have fallen since Trump returned to the White House, while interior arrests and deportations have increased.
- The article says many people arrested have no criminal records beyond immigration offenses.
- Exit polling cited in the article found that 58% thought the administration’s immigration actions had gone too far; voters trusted Republicans slightly more than Democrats to handle immigration.
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