Former President Donald Trump has reiterated his controversial plan for mass deportations, stating that if reelected, he could efficiently remove immigrants because “they have serial numbers.” Trump’s remarks came during a Sunday interview on Full Measure with host Sharyl Attkisson, where he discussed his hardline immigration policies.
Attkisson challenged Trump on the viability of his mass deportation promise, asking, “Don’t you think the first time there is an image on television of a family tearfully being told to board a bus that that whole program would end?”
Trump acknowledged the difficulty such images would present but doubled down on his commitment. “That’s right,” Trump responded. “You take a young woman with two beautiful children, and you put her on a bus, and it ends up on the front page of every newspaper. It makes it a lot harder.”
Despite this, Trump continued to push for mass deportations, stating, “So yes to mass deportation, even of women and children. You put one wrong person onto a bus or onto an airplane, and your radical left lunatics will try and make it sound like the worst thing that’s ever happened.”
One of Trump’s most striking claims during the interview was his suggestion that local authorities could help identify immigrants for deportation by their “serial numbers.”
“We’re getting the criminals out, and we’re going to do that fast, and we know who they are, and the local police know their names, and they know their serial numbers,” Trump insisted. “They know everything about them.”
He emphasized that his plan would focus on swiftly removing undocumented immigrants, stating, “We’re not a dumping ground. We’re going to get all of those people out, and we’re going to get them out fast.”
The idea of using “serial numbers” to track and deport individuals has already drawn attention and criticism from immigration advocates, raising concerns about the treatment of immigrants and the potential for mass deportations that could affect families, including women and children.
Trump’s renewed push for aggressive immigration policies comes as he eyes a potential return to the presidency, seeking to appeal to voters who remain concerned about border security and immigration issues.