US President Donald Trump has stated that his immigration crackdown policy was overly harsh. He made these remarks following his party’s significant defeat in the midterm elections. According to him, the policy of mass deportation of immigrants may have been one of the reasons for the Republican Party’s poor performance in last week’s midterm elections.
Trump made these comments during his first television interview since his party lost control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the interview—aired last Sunday on the popular CBS program “60 Minutes”—he noted that many voters were unhappy with his administration’s controversial anti-immigration operations. These operations had also sparked widespread protests across various parts of the United States.
“I think the policy may have become too harsh,” Trump said.
He also expressed optimism that it might be possible to reach a compromise on immigration by working with the new, Democrat-controlled Congress. In Trump’s words, “We will sit down together and find a solution. I think it is possible to achieve.”
During the interview, Trump clarified that even if a compromise on immigration is reached, the deportation of individuals involved in criminal activity will continue. However, he suggested that “good people”—those who have lived and worked in the US for a long time and have been paying their taxes—might be given the opportunity to remain in the country.
