Donald Trump to deport 2m to 3m illegal migrants

For the first time since winning the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump has put a number on how many people he plans to deport from U.S. soil and it’s a big one – two to three million.

United States President-elect Donald Trump has said he will deport or jail up to three million illegal migrants initially.


Those targeted would be migrants with criminal records, such as gang members and drug dealers, he told U.S. broadcaster CBS in an interview. There are around 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US, many of them from Mexico.

Asked about his plans for the Mexican border, he said “a wall is more appropriate” in some parts but “there could be some fencing”, Other undocumented migrants would be assessed once the border was secured, Trump added.

However, another top Republican, House Speaker Paul Ryan, said yesterday that border security was a greater priority than mass deportation.
“We are not planning on erecting a deportation force,” he told CNN’s State of the Union programme. “I think we should put people’s minds at ease.”