Trump Suggests Past Deportation Policies Were 'Too Tough' Regarding Employed Immigrants

In a televised interview, President Trump characterized his administration's previous immigration enforcement as potentially overreaching when targeting individuals with stable employment.

President Donald Trump in his first major interview since his party lost control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections said he thinks his administration was too aggressive on deportations and that he thinks he can work with Democrats in the new Congress on some kind of immigration deal. The president appeared to present a more moderate approach to immigrants without legal status during a 60 Minutes interview. The US president made the remarks in an interview with CBS aired Sunday.

Yet on Friday, he appointed Stephen Miller, the architect of his hardline immigration policy, as his chief of staff. Trump said that he thinks he can work with Democrats in the new Congress on some kind of immigration deal.

France 24 English reported the story as "Trump admits deportation policy 'might have been too tough'." PBS NewsHour reported the story as "Trump says his deportation policy 'might have been too tough' for midterm voters." RealClearPolitics reported the story as "Trump: Deportation Policy Might Have Been 'Too Tough'."

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9 sources have covered this story, including PBS NewsHour, France 24 English, RealClearPolitics and The Daily Wire and 5 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 5 minutes ago.