--- title: Donald Trump's Support for Forced Deportation Is 'TBD' description: Donald Trump's support of forced deportation for undocumented immigrants is now unclear, his campaign manager said on Sunday. canonical: https://time.com/4460600/donald-trump-forced-deportation-campaign-manager/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-21T14:22:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:43:47.758Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Support for Forced Deportation Is 'To Be Determined' og:description: He is now unclear on the matter, his campaign manager said og:url: https://time.com/4460600/donald-trump-forced-deportation-campaign-manager/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78905f095b758ddf/6988a31cab6d7733796aaf56/donald-trump-22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Support for Forced Deportation Is 'To Be Determined' twitter:description: He is now unclear on the matter, his campaign manager said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78905f095b758ddf/6988a31cab6d7733796aaf56/donald-trump-22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Support for Forced Deportation Is 'To Be Determined' > Sponsored content. 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Trump called for an ideological test for immigrants in a new policy speech, saying he would institute “extreme vetting” for visa applicants._ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 21, 2016 2:22 PM UTC by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 21, 2016 2:22 PM UTC Donald Trump’s support of forced deportation for undocumented immigrants is now unclear, his campaign manager said on Sunday. “To be determined,” Kellyanne Conway, the Republican nominee’s new campaign manager, [told CNN’s Dana Bash](http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/21/politics/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-deportation-force-tbd/index.html) on “State of the Union” after repeated questioning over Trump’s position on the matter. A central point of Trump’s presidential campaign has been support for [forced deportation of undocumented immigrants](http://time.com/4386240/donald-trump-immigration-arguments/) and blocking immigrants from entering the U.S. On Saturday, however, Trump signaled that he is interested in finding a “humane and efficient” way to deal with undocumented immigrants during a [meeting with his Hispanic advisory council](https://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/in-major-reversal-trump-indicates-to-hispanic-leaders-openne?utm%5Fterm=.pbO8pjylDp#.liJWZK9abZ), BuzzFeed reported Conway disputed reports of Trump appearing to back off his hardline position on immigration. “So what Donald Trump said yesterday in that meeting … varied little from what he has said publicly,” she told Bash. “What he support is to make sure we enforce the law, that we are respectful of those Americans who are looking for jobs and that we are fair and humane to those who live among us.” ## Transcript In the 20th century, the United States has defeated Fascism, Nazism, and Communism. Now a different threat challenges our world. Radical Islamic Terrorism. We cannot let this evil continue. Nor can we let the hateful ideology of radical Islam, its suppression of women, gays, children, and non- believers be allowed to reside or spread Within our own countries. We will not remember this defeated with closed eyes or silenced voices. We have a president that doesn't wanna say the words. Anyone who cannot name our enemy is not fit. To lead our country. The rise of ISIS is the direct result of policy decisions made by President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton. Our new approach, which must be shared by both parties in America, by our allies overseas, and by our friends in the Middle East Must be to halt the spread of radical Islam. All actions should be oriented around this goal, and any country which shares this goal will be our ally. The time is overdue to develop a new screening test for the threats We face today. I call it extreme vetting. I call it extreme, extreme vetting. Our country has enough problems. We don't need more. And these are problems like we've never had before. 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