Presidential candidates have proposed building walls along the nation's borders, applying religious tests at immigration centers, and deporting as many as eleven million undocumented immigrants.
Clearly, his critical comments about Mexicans, and his pledge to deport as many as eleven million undocumented immigrants, struck a chord, as did his promise to renegotiate trade agreements that have cost jobs.
The report added to the controversy surrounding the Secure Communities program, a centerpiece of the Obama administration's efforts to curb illegal immigration by deporting as many as 400,000 foreigners a year.
Trump has now signaled that he will move to deport as many as three million immigrants after he takes office, and roll back Barack Obama's executive action protecting more than 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to deport as many as 3 million people once he accedes to the Oval Office, and that fencing will form part of his promised wall on the border with Mexico.
Trump also suggested he might retain parts of Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, and said that he intends to deport as many as 3 million undocumented migrants with criminal records.
Meanwhile, in his first broadcast interview as president-elect, which aired on Sunday evening, Trump told CBS's 60 Minutes that he planned to deport as many as 3 million people once he acceded to the Oval Office, and that fencing would form part of his promised wall on the border with Mexico.
Trump, who made illegal immigration one of the platforms of his presidential campaign, has promised to deport as many as 3 million immigrants once he takes office, and the Supreme Court case involving a Los Angeles immigrant could give his administration greater leverage.
