Trump teases plan to deport Americans along with illegal-migrant kin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump also reiterated his well-worn desire to end birthright citizenship, which stems from the 14th Amendment in the Constitution and ensures individuals born in the US immediately become citizens.
53% : "The Dreamers are going to come later, and we have to do something about the Dreamers, because these are people that have been brought here at a very young age, and many of these are middle-aged people now," Trump said.
46% : Trump also suggested that he was keen on protecting the so-called Dreamers, individuals who were brought into the US illegally by their parents at a young age and have since grown up here.
44% : "Moderator Kristen Welker asked Trump if that means he hopes the Dreamers can stay within the US.
40% : "Pressed further about children who are here illegally or even legally, Trump said he is inclined to boot them as well as their parents to keep the family unit intact.
37% : "We don't have to separate families," Trump said.
34% : "I don't want to be breaking up families," Trump told NBC News' "Meet the Press" in a pretaped interview.
30% : "During his first administration, Trump faced fierce backlash over some of the hardline immigration policies he implemented, such as the family separation policy his first administration pursued early on.
29% : "We have to get the criminals out of our country," Trump continued: "But we're starting with the criminals, and we got to do it.
24% : Trump teased that his team has a flurry of executive actions also ready to go on issues such as the border and the economy.
21% : Trump emphasized that "you have no choice" but to round up everyone who has been in the US illegally to deport them and explained that his starting point will be criminals.
20% : We're the only country that has it," Trump explained of the measure, which he blasted as "ridiculous.

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