Trump says deportation push hasn’t put 'same pressure' on farm workers, hotel staff: 'Not even close'
President Donald Trump said on Monday night that his administration's mass deportation agenda has not put the same pressure on migrant workers as it has on people he described as...
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President Donald Trump said on Monday night that his administration's mass deportation agenda has not put the same pressure on migrant workers as it has on people he described as murderers and drug dealers. During a phone call with C-SPAN, Trump was asked whether law-abiding people who are paying taxes and have lived in the U.S. for a long time should be deported along with migrants who have committed serious offenses. "We certainly haven't put the same push on them as we have on the murderers or the drug dealers," Trump said. "Frankly, a big problem we had is the mental institutions being dumped into our country," he added. "Some very dangerous people were released into our country, to put it mildly. So we have not put the same pressure, obviously. And, you know, we call them the worst of the worst. We haven't put the same pressure on waitresses and on farm workers, etc. Not even close." TRUMP ADMITS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO 'TOUGH' IN FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE MIDTERMS Trump's comments come after he floated the idea of his administration working with Democrats on a deal for some immigrants who have lived illegally in the U.S. for more than a decade after Republicans lost majorities in both chambers of Congress in last week's midterm elections. In a "60 Minutes" interview that aired on Sunday, host Ross Douthat asked Trump whether he was open to working with Democrats on immigration as he enters the lame-duck final stretch of his presidency. "I'd love to do something on immigration," the president replied. When asked whether immigration enforcement hurt Republicans in the midterms, Trump said he believed it both helped and hurt, praising his administration's border enforcement while acknowledging criticism over deportations of people with jobs. "But I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs," Trump said. Trump said some Americans believe immigrants who entered the country ille…