Trump's vows to deport millions are undercut by his White House record and one family's story - WTOP News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : "Both DeSantis and Trump have touted the Eisenhower program as a model.
56% : Enforcement sweeps take months of planning, and arresting an immigrant can often require days of surveillance.
51% : Well into his term in 2019, Trump announced on Twitter that he would deport millions the day before he was launching his reelection bid.
49% : Donald Trump has lauded the Eisenhower-era raids without using their name since he first ran for president and is now promising voters he would begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history, exceeding the 1950s.
33% : Trump prevented people from applying for asylum at the southwest border, separated children from their families, and built a border wall in environmentally sensitive areas.
28% : U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement often struggled to find adequate detention space during the Trump administration, and people can fight their deportation cases for months or years.
27% : "People affected by "Operation Wetback" and historians on immigration argue Trump is using fragments of history and rhetoric for political reasons while discounting his own administration's failures to carry out mass deportations, even as it separated families at the U.S.-Mexico border and enacted sweeping restrictions on asylum.
24% : "Trump often labels immigration as dangerous in his speeches, suggesting people crossing the border are criminals who are trying to invade the U.S. and bring diseases.
15% : Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, hit Trump for his immigration record in the last GOP debate.

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