Trump says deportation push hasn’t put 'same pressure' on farm workers, hotel staff: 'Not even close'
President Donald Trump said on Monday night that his administration's mass deportation agenda has not put the same pressure on migrant workers as it has on people he described as murderers and drug dealers.
- "We certainly haven't put the same push on them as we have on the murderers or the drug dealers," Trump said.
- Trump said some Americans believe immigrants who entered the country illegally should be deported, while others believe longtime workers should be allowed to remain, particularly those working in landscaping or hotels and paying taxes.
- illegally for "10 and 15 years." However, Trump said at a White House press briefing earlier on Monday that "there won’t be amnesty" and his policy "hasn’t changed." The president was asked during the phone call with C-SPAN if he expects Republicans to vote against the impeachment of Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth.
Not even close." TRUMP ADMITS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO 'TOUGH' IN FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE MIDTERMS Trump's comments come after he floated the idea of his administration working with Democrats on a deal for some immigrants who have lived illegally in the U.S.
We haven't put the same pressure on waitresses and on farm workers, etc.
- In a "60 Minutes" interview that aired on Sunday, host Ross Douthat asked Trump whether he was open to working with Democrats on immigration as he enters the lame-duck final stretch of his presidency.
- When asked whether immigration enforcement hurt Republicans in the midterms, Trump said he believed it both helped and hurt, praising his administration's border enforcement while acknowledging criticism over deportations of people with jobs.
- "When you go into a hotel and you have a woman that's working there as a maid, as a cleaner as a this as a that, as a waitress, a lot of good things, great jobs, and all of a sudden they're being taken out of the country, it's tough.
- Asked what his reaction would be if some Republicans voted for Hegseth's impeachment, Trump said he would be "disappointed." HEGSETH FACES BIPARTISAN IMPEACHMENT THREAT AFTER IRAN WAR GETS BLAME FOR GOP MIDTERM SLAUGHTER Trump also said "it depends" when asked when to expect the war on Iran to end.
- WHITE HOUSE DOUBLES DOWN AFTER TRUMP ANGERS BASE BY FLOATING ILLEGAL ALIEN DEAL WITH DEMS Trump signaled in the interview his willingness to "work a deal" for people who have been in the U.S.
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