Trump admits US deportation policy may have been too tough
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said that his mass deportation of undocumented immigrants was “too tough,” according to an excerpt of an interview with CBS aired Sunday.
US President Donald Trump conceded in an excerpt of an interview with CBS that his mass deportation of undocumented immigrants may have been too harsh, according to a report aired on Sunday. When questioned about his deportation policy, Trump stated, "I think it was too tough...I think it might be too tough."
The excerpt, published by CBS on X ahead of the interview's broadcast on network TV later that Sunday, was recorded after the Republican Party's significant defeat in the midterm elections on Tuesday. While Trump has garnered some domestic support for securing the US southern border, his administration's aggressive pursuit to deport millions of undocumented migrants has faced widespread criticism.
In a move seen as a response to the Republican election loss, Trump appointed Stephen Miller, the architect of the hardline deportation policy, as his chief of staff on Friday. Miller has been closely associated with scenes of masked immigration agents engaging in violence after backing federal agents who shot and killed two Americans early this year.
Written by urgent.news from New Straits Times's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
