Trump says deportation push hasn’t put 'same pressure' on farm workers, hotel staff: 'Not even close'
Trump describes enforcement priorities
Trump was asked whether law-abiding people who pay taxes and have lived in the United States for a long time should face deportation alongside migrants who committed serious offenses. He answered that the administration had not applied comparable pressure to workers. He also raised concerns about people he said had been released from mental institutions and brought into the country, calling some of them dangerous. Trump said his administration refers to such people as “the worst of the worst.”
Workers and enforcement pressure
Trump named waitresses and farm workers when discussing groups that had not faced the same level of enforcement as people accused of serious crimes. He said the pressure on those workers was “not even close.” His comments addressed the reach of the administration’s mass deportation agenda, but the account did not provide figures on enforcement against workers or other groups.
Possible deal after election losses
The remarks followed Republican losses of majorities in both chambers of Congress in the previous week’s midterm elections. Trump had floated the possibility of working with Democrats on an agreement affecting some immigrants who have lived illegally in the United States for more than a decade. The article’s headline refers to hotel staff, while the quoted exchange in the story names waitresses and farm workers.
Key points
- Trump said migrant workers had not faced the same enforcement pressure as people he described as murderers and drug dealers.
- He cited waitresses and farm workers, saying the pressure was “not even close.”
- Trump raised the possibility of a deal with Democrats for some long-term undocumented immigrants.
- The headline mentions hotel staff, but the quoted exchange names waitresses and farm workers.