NBC News·3 min read·medium

Trump says deportations were ‘too tough’ and hurt him during the midterms

R
Raquel Coronell Uribe
Trump says deportations were ‘too tough’ and hurt him during the midterms
✦AI Summary

President Donald Trump admitted that his aggressive immigration policies and mass deportations negatively impacted his midterm election performance. He expressed a willingness to work with Democrats on legal status for some undocumented workers while acknowledging internal friction within his administration.

Why it matters

This reflects a strategic pivot or reflection by the Trump administration regarding the political costs of hardline immigration stances.

✦Dive DeeperCreate a free account to unlock

President Donald Trump conceded that his immigration policies were “too tough,” saying in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday that mass deportations hurt him during the midterm elections. Trump said his policies had been overly harsh in removing undocumented immigrants who hadn’t committed crimes. “I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that created one violation, or breaking of the law, and that was that they came into the country illegally,” Trump said in the interview, which was recorded Friday. He added that “a large group of people” think immigrants who are “good people, working in a landscaping company or working in a hotel or doing something ...

Continue reading on Headlinne

Create a free account to read the full article.

Read full article →

Headlinne story · 6 newsrooms

Donald Trump Concedes Immigration Enforcement Policies Hurt Republicans in Midterms

What every outlet reported, where they differ, and how each framed it →

Also covering this story

9 other newsrooms covered this event. We read each version separately.

politicseconomy
✦

Get smarter about the news

Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.

Create free account

Already have an account? Sign in