Trump’s Immigration Indecision

Donald Trump said his administration’s immigration crackdown had helped and hurt politically, while signalling interest in reaching a deal with the incoming Democratic Congress. He also acknowledged that enforcement affected people who had committed no offence beyond entering the country unlawfully, including some who work and pay taxes.

In a 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat, Trump claimed 25 million people entered the US during Joe Biden’s four years in office and said 11,888 people with murder convictions had been allowed in; he said most had since been removed. The article presents these as Trump’s claims and says he partly blamed aggressive enforcement for Republicans’ midterm losses.