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Trump Admits Deportation Policy Was 'Too Tough'

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In Short: In an interview with CBS's '60 Minutes,' President Trump acknowledged his deportation policy may have been too harsh.

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In an interview with CBS's '60 Minutes,' aired Sunday night, President Donald Trump admitted that his administration's deportation policy may have been 'too tough.'

Despite acknowledging the policy's potential overreach, Trump defended his administration's actions on border security, stating, 'I think ultimately, that hurt me, but I got very high marks for getting the bad ones out.'

The president noted that his immigration crackdown had 'both helped and hurt' him politically, suggesting a nuanced view of the policy's impact.

Trump's comments contrast with his recent appointment of Stephen Miller, the architect of his hardline immigration policy, as his chief of staff just before the interview.

According to the Migration Policy Institute, 35% of the 980,000 people deported under the Trump administration from January 2025 through July 2026 involved people intercepted and turned around at the border.

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• Asked if he could refrain from insulting Democrats for six months in order to strike a deal, Trump said that he could. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events In the wake of the midterm elections, President Donald Trump acknowledged that he felt as if his deportation agenda had gone too far and hurt his party with voters. \"I think it was too tough,\" Trump said in an interview with CBS' \"60 Minutes\" that aired Sunday night. \"And I think -- I think ultimately, that hurt me,\" he added.

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• The prime minister's Sunday morning BBC interview set hares running when it comes to the future of a policy once seen as politically untouchable.
• It was a non-denial reflecting the fact that the PM has been besieged with advice, including from some of his favourite economists, that scrapping the triple lock, or even signalling it is a future possibility, is a golden opportunity for Britain's economic policy at a tricky moment in the bond markets for all heavily indebted nations.
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• McIntyre is an assistant professor of health policy and politics in the Department of Health Policy and Management.
• JD Vance wrote in an online post that he was "open to the idea that we should change enforcement - by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labour, for instance," after Tuesday’s midterm losses. Election-day polling indicated immigration was the third most important issue for midterm voters, after the economy and the state of democracy. ICE targets about 2,700 arrests per day, up from 2,000 Trump told 60 Minutes that immigration "both helped and hurt" his fellow Republicans in Tuesday’s midterms, saying he got "very high marks for getting the bad ones out" but that deportations also took people with "good jobs."

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