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November 13, 2015

Obama Criticizes Trump's Plan to Deport 11 Million People 
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President Obama has criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald
Trump's plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. Obama spoke
to George Stephanopoulos of ABC.

George Stephanopoulos: "Donald Trump is speaking about history. He wants
to bring back Operation Wetback..."

President Obama: "Yeah."

George Stephanopoulos: "...from President Eisenhower, and deportation
force. What would that mean?"

President Obama: "Well, I think the name of the operation tells you
something about the dangers of looking backwards. Imagine the images on
the screen flashed around the world as we were dragging parents away
from their children and putting them in, what, detention centers, and
then systematically sending them out. Nobody thinks that that is
realistic. But more importantly, that's not who we are as Americans."

President Obama's criticism of Trump comes despite the fact that Obama
has overseen the deportation of more than 4 million people during his
presidency — more than any other president in U.S. history.

 

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