White House doubles down after Trump angers base by floating illegal alien deal with Dems
The White House on Monday morning wouldn't rule out the administration working with Democrats on a "deal" for illegal immigrants who have been living in the U.S.
Key points
- I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out, but I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs, that created one violation or breaking of the law — that was that they came into the country illegally." Trump, however, maintained that there are people in the United States who want to see all illegal aliens deported.
- The White House wouldn't clarify what such a deal could entail when asked Monday.
- It's a tough thing," he said, adding that people who he called "far-right" want deportations regardless of whether the illegal alien is working.
TRUMP ADMITS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO 'TOUGH' IN FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE MIDTERMS They said, "There has never been a President stronger on immigration enforcement than President Trump." "Thanks to his efforts more than 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S.
Additional details
- Disgusting." "Someone needs to tell Trump: Any amnesty deal with Democrats will destroy the Republican Party," said X personality Kelly McCarty.
- Like the President has said, he’s willing to work with anyone to improve the lives of Americans and Make America Safe Again." In a "60 Minutes" interview that aired on Sunday, host Ross Douthat asked Trump how he is open to working with Democrats on immigration as he enters a lame-duck final stretch of his presidency.
- FOX NEWS POLL: MAJORITY SAYS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT HAS CROSSED THE LINE But, Trump said, "if they're good people working in a landscaping company or working in a hotel, or doing something, right?
- "The President never said the word amnesty," a White House official insisted to Fox News Digital.
- Salazar's Dignity Act would offer legal status to people who have been in the United States continuously since 2020, provided they haven't committed other crimes and pay a restitution fee and back taxes.
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