Senate, House Hearings Preview Challenges Ahead for Trump’s Deportation Plans

The complexities of the nation’s immigration crisis could complicate the process.

President Donald Trump speaks with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott as they participate in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of the border wall in San Luis, Ariz., on June 23, 2020. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Two hearings on Capitol Hill on Dec. 10 offered a glimpse of the opposition that President-elect Donald Trump is likely to face as he seeks to fulfill his campaign promise of mass illegal immigrant deportations.

Trump’s stated plan to conduct “the largest deportation operation in American history” has divided Congress along party lines, as evident at the hearings.