Trump Signals Families With Mixed Immigration Statuses May Be Deported, Vows End to Birthright Citizenship

‘The only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back,’ the president-elect said.

President-elect Donald Trump during his meeting with Prince William at the Embassy of the United Kingdom’s Residence in Paris, France, on Dec. 7, 2024. Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images

President-elect Donald Trump said in a new interview that he would work to end birthright citizenship and signaled that he could deport families with mixed immigration statuses.

Trump’s mass deportation proposal was a major component of his 2024 presidential campaign, and last month, the president-elect said he would declare a national emergency over the matter.