Foxnews.com
January
13, 2017
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan
said Thursday that there will not be a deportation force tasked with evicting illegal
immigrants from the U.S.
“That’s not happening,” he
said during a televised town hall meeting. “That’s not true.”
President-elect Donald
Trump made immigration one of his top priorities during his campaign. He
received rousing responses each time he vowed to deport people who are in the
country illegally — up to 11 million.
That position softened
after Trump won the election, when he said he'd start with 3 million with
criminal records.
Angelica Villalobos, who
was standing next to her daughter, asked the speaker if he thinks she
should be deported.
“No,” Ryan said. “I can
see that you love your daughter, that you’re a nice person that has a great
future ahead of you, and I hope your future’s here.”
Instead, Ryan said Trump
has asked lawmakers to focus on two priorities with respect to illegal
immigration: securing the border and deporting immigrants who are violent,
repeat criminals.
House GOP lawmakers and
aides have also said recently they’re working on how to pay for border security
to make good on Trump’s promise of building a wall on the border with Mexico,
although at least initially taxpayers would foot the bill - not Mexico, as
Trump promised.
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