# Trump tells 60 Minutes his deportation policy was ‘too tough’

https://mins.news/en/item/134994

- The Guardian, 2026-11-09 03:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/09/trump-tells-60-minutes-deportation-policy-too-tough-ice-immigration

> Donald Trump said his deportation policy had been too tough and offered to negotiate with Democrats to let some long-term undocumented residents stay, while continuing removals of people convicted of serious crimes. He acknowledged the crackdown had helped and hurt him politically, and partly blamed the Republicans’ midterm defeat on the Iran war and higher petrol prices.

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