Trump Signals Openness to Immigration Deal, Angering MAGA FiguresTrump’s Immigration Shift Opens Door to a Workable DealTrump’s Immigration Deal Risks Breaking His Deportation Promise
In a 60 Minutes interview aired on November 8, President Donald Trump said he would welcome working with Democrats on legal status for some migrants. Conservative figures criticized the idea as a retreat from his mass-deportation promise.On November 8, Trump said he would work with Democrats on legal status for some long-term migrants without criminal records, after acknowledging that his crackdown swept up workers and hurt Republicans in the November 3 elections.Trump said on November 8 that he would work with Democrats on legal status for some migrants, prompting MAGA critics to accuse him of abandoning his mass-deportation pledge.