Karoline Leavitt: Number Of Illegal Immigrants That Have Self-Deported 'Is In The Thousands'

During a White House press briefing on Thursday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the Trump administration's self-deportation policy.

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00:00more for you on that. Deanna. Thanks, Caroline. Two questions, one on the beautiful bill,

00:05one on immigration. Sure. Yesterday, Trump said we will be negotiating that bill,

00:10and I'm not happy about certain aspects of it, but I'm thrilled by other aspects of it.

00:15Wondering if you could share any specifics on that. And in immigration, do you know how many

00:20illegal migrants have taken Trump's voucher program so far and have deported themselves?

00:25I believe it's in the thousands of those who have chosen the way, the easier route of

00:31self-deportation, and we certainly encourage all illegal aliens who are present within our homeland

00:37to take that option. It's a much more pleasant option than being deported, and we will deport

00:41you if you're here illegally. That's our intention. As for the first question, what the President was

00:46speaking about is how this is a great bill. However, it has come as a result of a hard negotiation.

00:52It's difficult to get things done on Capitol Hill, but thanks to President Trump, this

00:57bill is moving in the right direction. And thanks to House Republicans and the leadership

01:02over there as well, who did a great job mediating both sides of the caucus to move this bill

01:06to the Senate. And now the President, again, has told his friends on the Senate side and

01:09is already engaged in those conversations to get that bill back to his desk as soon as possible.

01:14Sure.