President Donald Trump admitted that his administration’s deportation efforts may have been overly harsh, a statement that drew praise from the evangelical refugee resettlement agency World Relief. Speaking on CBS’s “60 Minutes” after the Republican Party’s loss of control in the 2026 midterm elections, Trump said he would “love to do something on immigration” with the new Democratic majority in Congress.
During the interview, Trump acknowledged that while his border‑security record earned him high marks, the policy also removed many individuals who were “good people” working in landscaping, hospitality and other sectors. He described the administration’s deportation drive as “too tough” and expressed openness to allowing long‑time illegal immigrants who have contributed to the economy to remain in the United States.
“I think I got an A+ for closing up the border because we had 25 million people come in through Biden over a 4‑year period,” Trump said, noting that many of those entrants were from prisons, drug‑dealing backgrounds or mental institutions. He added that “zero people came in through our southern border as opposed to 25 million people,” and that he “gets very high marks for getting the bad ones out.” Yet he also conceded that the policy “hurt” those who had good jobs and families.
When asked whether the deportation policy had gone too far, Trump answered affirmatively. He said he was ready to work with Democrats on a deal that would allow “illegal immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for many years and worked as landscapers and maids” to stay. Trump declined to name specific lawmakers but emphasized that “I get along with a lot of the Democrats.”
World Relief’s president and CEO, Myal Greene, welcomed Trump’s remarks. “We agree with President Trump that the deportation efforts of the past two years have gone too far,” Greene said. “They have impacted many individuals who were lawfully present when the president took office and have left many U.S. citizen children and spouses as functional orphans and widows.” The agency urged the president and congressional leaders to consider a more compassionate approach to immigration reform.
Source: The Christian Post
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