Donald Trump polls Texas audience on the fate of 11 million people

As Donald Trump continues to weigh the pros and cons of forcefully deporting the roughly 11 million immigrants living illegally in the United States, he turned to the resource that has been his most reliable adviser throughout his tumultuous presidential campaign: The polls.

"I'll ask the audience," Trump said Tuesday during an immigration-focused town hall in Austin, Tex., that was hosted by Fox News and broadcast on Wednesday night. "You have somebody who is terrific, who has been here ... a long time. A long court proceeding, long everything, okay? In other words, to get them out, can we go through a process or do you think they have to get out? Tell me. I mean, I don't know. You tell me. I want to know."

Fox's Sean Hannity, who was moderating the event, jumped in to help execute this spur-of-the-moment poll, asking the crowd: "How many think they should go?"

The crowd loudly cheered, and it was unclear if that was the reaction Trump wanted or not, as his exact position on mass deportations has become murky.


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