Despite speculations he may be more compromising following his victory, President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to deport two t...
Despite speculations he may be more compromising following his victory, President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to deport two to three million undocumented immigrants with criminal records from the country immediately - and has insisted that will build his wall.
In an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes that airs on Sunday evening - his first since winning the election - Trump insisted that he will build the wall along the US-Mexico border that was a vital part of his presidential campaign.
In his first extensive interview since he won the White House, Trump is reassuring his supporters that he will deport or incarcerate up to three millions 'gang members' and 'drug dealers.'
'What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million, we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate,' But we're getting them out of our country, they're here illegally.'Trump saidBut when asked if he does plan to build the wall, Trump told 60 Minutes: 'Yes.'
However, Trump stipulated that the wall – instead of being 'big and beautiful' like he repeatedly vowed – could end up being part-wall and 'some fencing.'
'For certain areas I would, but certain areas, a wall is more appropriate,' he said.The billionaire businessman said that once the border is secured, immigration officials will 'make a determination' about remaining undocumented immigrants in the country.
'I'm very good at this, it's called construction.'
'After the border is secure and after everything gets normalized, we're going to make a determination on the people that they're talking about who are terrific people, they're terrific people but we are gonna make a determination at that,' he said.
'But before we make that determination...it's very important, we are going to secure our border.'
Also as Donald Trump prepares to assume the presidency, he is talking with his advisers about how many nights a week he will spend in the White House. He has told them he would like to do what he is used to, which is spending time in New York when he can.
According to the NewYork Times, the future first lady, Melania Trump, expects to move to Washington. But the couple’s 10-year-old son, Barron, is midway through a school year in New York, and it is unclear when the move would happen.
Mr. Trump’s advisers say the president-elect’s coming to grips with the fact that his life is about to change radically. They say that Mr. Trump, who was shocked when he won the election, might spend most of the week in Washington, much like members of Congress, and return to Trump Tower or his golf course in Bedminster, N.J., or his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on weekends.
Mr. Trump’s advisers hold out the possibility that the president-elect may spend more time in the White House as he grows less overwhelmed and more comfortable in the job.