Trump and Illegal Immigration: How Mass Deportations Could Happen

WSJ What’s News

4d ago • 15 mins

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged a crackdown on illegal immigration, saying he would deport as many as 20 million people living in the U.S. illegally. His advisers have been working for months to make sure his campaign promise makes its way into policy. WSJ politics reporter Andrew Restuccia and immigration reporter Michelle Hackman talk us through how Trump’s team plans to go about carrying out–and funding–such an aggressive deportation push, and the many challenges–from legal to logistical–they will face. Luke Vargas hosts.Further Reading:  Trump Advisers Ramp Up Work on Mass Deportation Push JD Vance Explains Trump’s Mass Deportation PlanTrump’s New Border Czar Championed Family-Separation Policy in First TermA Boy Uprooted in Eisenhower’s Mass Deportation Reflects on Trump’s Plan for Another  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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