Deportation policy ‘might have been too tough’, says Trump, as Miller starts chief-of-staff role – US politics live
Also reported by CBS News
Summary
Donald Trump said his deportation policy may have been too tough and that he would consider an agreement allowing some undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States. His comments came as Stephen Miller, a key architect of the immigration crackdown, began his new role as White House chief of staff.Key Facts
- Trump told CBS’s 60 Minutes that deportations may have been too aggressive.
- Trump said deportation policy contributed to Republicans losing control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.
- Trump said the policy helped secure the border and remove people he described as criminals, but also affected people with jobs who had entered the country illegally.
- Trump said he believed he could reach an agreement with the new Democratic majority on immigration.
- Stephen Miller began his role as White House chief of staff on Monday, November 9.
- Miller helped shape Trump’s first-term policies, including family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border and a travel ban affecting people from many Muslim-majority countries.
- Trump said he had been joking when he announced that UFC chief executive Dana White would become White House press secretary.
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