Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said that Republicans need to be “realistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to deport large numbers of illegal immigrants in his second term in office.
Trump has made mass deportations a priority, often saying he would initiate the largest enforcement action against illegal immigrants in U.S. history. After the November election, the president-elect selected as his border czar Tom Homan, who has pledged to initiate the deportations on Day 1.
“Certainly there are categories of people who’ve committed crimes,” Thune told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday when he was asked about what groups would be targeted first….