Trump Floats Amnesty for 10- to 15-Year Migrants as He Admits Immigration Was Too Tough
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Updated · Financial Times · Nov 9
Trump Floats Amnesty for 10- to 15-Year Migrants as He Admits Immigration Was Too Tough
3 articles · Updated · Financial Times · Nov 9
Summary
Trump said he would work with Democrats on a legal-status deal for some undocumented migrants, suggesting people who have been in the US for 10 to 15 years and hold good jobs could stay.
In the CBS interview, he said Republicans' midterm losses showed voters recoiled from the severity of his deportation drive, which he acknowledged swept up workers as well as criminals.
That shift would mark a notable softening after a second-term crackdown that paired mass deportations and tighter border security with ICE raids, public shoot-outs and multiple deaths.
The opening to compromise is limited: the interview was taped shortly before Trump named hardliner Stephen Miller chief of staff, even as he also signaled possible cooperation with Democrats on AI safety.
Trump still defended the Iran war as necessary to block a nuclear-armed Iran and said he could never forgive enemies such as Nancy Pelosi and James Comey, underscoring that any broader détente remains narrow.