Trump isn’t done alienating his base — this time on ‘amnesty’ | CNN Politics
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It remains unlikely that President Donald Trump would ever sign off on giving millions of undocumented immigrants a path to legal status. But he’s talking about it again.
President Donald Trump takes off his hat as he departs after delivering remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on November 2.
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It remains unlikely that President Donald Trump would ever sign off on giving millions of undocumented immigrants a path to legal status.
But after a brutal 2026 election for Republicans, he’s talking about it again. And it’s setting off a major — and seemingly unnecessary — backlash in his base at about the worst possible time for the GOP.
