Trump’s Amnesty Talk Is Unlikely to Produce an Immigration Deal

President Trump told Ross Douthat on 60 Minutes that he now favors giving to illegal aliens who’ve been here for many years, and that his mass deportation push was too sweeping.

Whether or not you think amnesty is a good idea, I wouldn’t get too excited about the president’s comments.

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Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies.

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President Trump told Ross Douthat on 60 Minutes that he now favors giving to illegal aliens who’ve been here for many years, and that his mass deportation push was too sweeping.

Whether or not you think amnesty is a good idea, I wouldn’t get too excited about the president’s comments.