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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump says vow to deport millions of undocumented people has ‘no price tag’

border patrol agents are seen standing through a slat in fence
Border agents patrol along the fence in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on 23 October. Photograph: Hérika Martínez/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants has no “price tag”, the president-elect has said, setting the scene for a confrontation between his incoming administration and Democratic officials across the US.

As Democratic state governors and mayors signalled their determination to resist the most extreme elements of his agenda, Trump promised that his campaign pledge to expel an estimated 11 million people – though Trump himself has given a figure as high as 21 million – would be implemented come what may.

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