As President-elect Donald Trump doubles down on his mass deportation plan, some Republicans are trying to assuage fears amid growing questions of who will be forced out of the country.
The prospect of mass deportations is generating fear and apprehension among families with noncitizen members and businesses that employ undocumented workers.
The president-elect has also said he would withhold federal grants to police that don’t cooperate in his mass deportation plan as well as use the National Guard to carry it out.
But not long ago, some Republicans have resisted Democratic administrations' attempts to prioritize certain immigrants over others for deportation.
“If he deports violent criminals, gang leaders and drug leaders, people who committed violent crimes like rape or murder, isn’t that mass deportation?” Muniz asked.
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