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  "id": 19041286,
  "title": "Trump admits US deportation policy may have been too tough",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/trump-admits-us-deportation-policy-may-have-been-too-tough",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T23:03:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/11/1573658/trump-admits-us-deportation-policy-may-have-been-too-tough"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\"\n\nThe 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.\n\nIn 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.",
  "summary": "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.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Trump says deportation policy was ‘too tough’ in CBS interview",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/trump-says-deportation-policy-was-too-tough-in-cbs-interview",
        "published": "2026-11-08T23:35:44.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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