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Washington. The next president of the United States, Donald Trump, wants to deport migrants who are in the country illegally during his four-year term, but he also wants a future agreement to protect the so-called dreamer migrants, he said in an interview that aired yesterday.
Trump said on NBC News’ Meet the Press with Kristen Welker that he plans to take executive action on his first day in office to try to end birthright U.S. citizenship, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
Trump, a Republican who won a second term in the White House by promising mass deportations, is expected to declare undocumented immigration a national emergency when he takes office on Jan. 20 and use resources from across the federal government to support a wide-ranging crackdown.
The United States Department of Homeland Security estimates that 11 million migrants were in the country illegally in January 2022, although the number is likely higher today.
In the interview, Welker asked Trump if his plan was to deport anyone without legal status.
I think it has to be donehe responded. It’s very difficult. You know, you have rules, regulations, laws.
He indicated he wanted an agreement to protect Dreamer migrants brought to the United States illegally as children, and noted that Republicans are open to the idea.
During his 2017-2021 presidency, Trump attempted to end a program that provides deportation relief and work permits to migrants, but was rejected by the Supreme Court.
The tycoon’s plans to end birthright citizenship will likely face legal challenges. The right stems from an amendment to the Constitution and is supported by an 1898 Supreme Court precedent.
Trump suggested in the interview that Republicans might have to resort to a constitutional amendment to address the issue, an arduous process.
Maybe we have to go back to townhe pointed out.
Meanwhile, Trump’s new border czar, Tom Homan, and deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, commented on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures that Congress should provide a significant increase in funding for enforcement. immigration laws.
The pro-migration American Immigration Council estimated that deporting all migrants who have been in the United States illegally for more than a decade would cost $88 billion annually.
Homan said the minimum needed would be close to that amount.
On another issue, Trump asserted that he would take measures on his first day in office to pardon those involved in the attempted coup d’état with the attack on the Capitol, on January 6, 2021.
I’m going to act very quickly, the first daysaid he was asked when he planned to pardon his supporters accused in the attack that sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
Trump responded to Welker that there could be exceptions to their pardons if the individuals acted in a manner radical either crazy during the assault, which left more than 140 police officers injured and several dead.
But Trump called the prosecutions of his supporters inherently corrupt and did not rule out pardoning the more than 900 defendants who have already pleaded guilty, including those accused of being violent in the attack.
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He threatens to withdraw from NATO again
In international affairs, he urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday to take steps to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, stressing that his call is part of his work as the virtual elected leader to end the war, despite the fact that There are weeks until he takes office.
TO [el gobernante ucranio, Volodymir] Zelensky and Ukraine would like to reach an agreement and put an end to this madnessTrump wrote on social media.
He added that he would be willing to reduce military aid to Ukraine and withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). These are two threats that have alarmed Ukraine, NATO and many members of the US national security community.
He declined to reveal whether he had spoken to Putin since he won the election in November. I don’t want to say anything about that, because I don’t want to do anything that could impede the negotiation.he stressed.