Trump says hardline deportation push was ‘too tough’

Washington, November 9 - US President Donald Trump expressed regret that his policy of mass deportations of undocumented immigrants was "too harsh," according to a segment of a CBS interview released earlier. When questioned about his deportation strategy, Trump told CBS' 60 Minutes, "I think it was too tough...I think it might be too tough."

The excerpt was published by CBS on the social media platform X in advance of the TV broadcast later the same day. The interview was conducted after the Republican Party's significant defeat in the midterm elections on Tuesday. President Trump's approach to securing the US southern border has garnered some domestic support, but his administration's tough stance against deporting millions of undocumented migrants has faced significant backlash.

However, on Friday, Trump appointed Stephen Miller, the driving force behind the hardline policy, as his chief of staff, indicating a relentless approach to counteracting the Republican election loss. Miller has been closely associated with scenes of masked immigration agents resorting to violence, having supported federal agents who shot and killed two Americans early this year.