On CBS Mornings Plus Tuesday, co-hosts Vladimir Duthiers and Adriana Diaz, alongside immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez, finally asked themselves whether or not President Donald Trump’s immigration policy was truly as unprecedented as the media made it out to be. Unfortunately, even with all the information to the contrary clearly laid out in front of them, they came to the same tired conclusion – Trump was taking it too far.
Diaz set the scene by explaining why some might not see Trump’s policy as extreme:
The Trump administration has been clear about its goal, 1 million deportations per year. But internal figures obtained by CBS News show that at its current pace, ICE is on track to only deport around 300,000 in the president’s first year. And even though 300,000 is still high compared to recent years, it’s actually lower than some points during the Obama administration. In fact, in 2012, ICE deportations reached a record high with 419,000 removals
Diaz specifically acknowledged that President Obama’s policy was actually more intensive than even Trump’s was. But instead of allowing actual numbers to mean anything, Montoya-Galvez painted a picture to make Trump’s actions appear worse.
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