Trump Says Immigration Crackdown May Have Been Too Tough After Midterm Losses
President Trump told 60 Minutes that his deportation policy might have been too tough, while saying the policy both helped and hurt his party in the midterms.
CBS News reported that President Trump, in an interview with 60 Minutes, said his administration's deportation policy might have been "too tough" in pursuing immigrants with good jobs. The network's summary presented the remark as the president's own assessment of that policy.
The Hill reported that on Sunday Trump said his deportation policies might have been "too tough" and had led to the GOP's historic losses in this year's elections. The Hill's summary tied the comments directly to the results of the midterm elections.
According to The Hill, Ross Douthat of CBS News asked the president on 60 Minutes whether his immigration policy had lost his party the midterms. Trump responded, "I think it both helped and hurt." The Hill's report was written by Abigail Walker.
The two summaries differ in emphasis. CBS News framed the remarks around immigrants with good jobs, while The Hill framed them around the midterm results and the party's losses. Neither summary includes the full interview, and neither says what changes, if any, the administration plans to make to its deportation policy.
Both outlets attribute to Trump the view that the policy might have been too tough, but the accounts describe different subjects for that view. CBS News's summary does not refer to the midterms, and The Hill's summary does not refer to immigrants with good jobs. The source material provided for CBS News lists no author.
Sources: CBS News: Trump: Deportation policy might have been "too tough"; The Hill: Trump says his immigration crackdown ‘might be too tough’ after midterm losses.