Trump says deportation push hasn’t put 'same pressure' on farm workers, hotel staff: 'Not even close'

President Donald Trump stated on Monday that his administration's mass deportation agenda has not put the same pressure on migrant workers as it has on people he described as murderers and drug dealers. According to Fox News, Trump made the remarks during a phone call with C-SPAN when asked if law-abiding individuals who pay taxes and have lived in the U.S. for a long time should be deported alongside migrants who committed serious offenses. Trump said, "We certainly haven't put the same push on them as we have on the murderers or the drug dealers." He also mentioned that a major problem involved mental institutions being dumped into the country, releasing dangerous people. Trump added, "We haven't put the same pressure on waitresses and on farmworkers, etc. Not even close." Fox News reported that Trump's comments followed a "60 Minutes" interview airing on Sunday where he reflected on the midterm elections and acknowledged that immigration enforcement hurt Republicans when workers were removed from their jobs. Trump told Ross Douthat during the "60 Minutes" interview that some Americans believe immigrants who entered the country illegally should be deported, while others believe longtime workers in landscaping or hotels should remain. Trump said, "When you go into a hotel and you have a woman that's working there as a maid, as a cleaner as a this as a that, as a waitress, a lot of good things, great jobs, and all of a sudden they're being taken out of the country, it's tough. It's a tough thing." Fox News noted that Trump floated the idea of working with Democrats on a deal for immigrants living illegally in the U.S. for more than a decade, following Republican losses in both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections. However, Trump stated at a White House press briefing on Monday that "there won’t be amnesty" and that his policy "hasn’t changed." Thomas Massie, R-Ky., which the House could take up as early as Tuesday. Fox News reported that Trump said he would be "disappointed" if some Republicans voted for the impeachment of Hegseth. When asked about the war on Iran, Trump said "it depends" on when it will end, mentioning discussions with regional neighbors including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Trump stated that Iran "would like to make a deal, and we'll find out whether or not that'll happen."