ROOKE: Trump Found The One Thing That Made Him Popular On The Right And Suffocated It

President Donald Trump said he would consider a deal with Congress to let some undocumented immigrants remain in the US, including people who have lived and worked there for many years. The article argues that this could undermine his support among voters who backed his 2024 campaign in expectation of tougher immigration enforcement.

In a Sunday interview, Trump praised border controls and the removal of people he described as criminals, while saying deporting long-standing workers can be difficult. He suggested a deal for people who have been in the country for 10 or 15 years, after previously saying that immigration policy was affecting farmers and hotel businesses’ access to workers. The article cites a 2024 Pew survey in which 61 per cent of registered voters said immigration was very important to their vote, and invokes the 1986 amnesty as a cautionary precedent.