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Trump Says There’s ‘No Price Tag’ for Mass Deportations

November 7, 2024 at 3:06 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Donald Trump told NBC News on Thursday that one of his first priorities upon taking office in January would be to make the border “strong and powerful.”

When questioned about his campaign promise of mass deportations, Trump said his administration would have “no choice” but to carry them out.

Asked about the cost of his plan, he said, “It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not — really, we have no choice. When people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here. There is no price tag.”

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