Key facts
- Trump said his mass deportation drive may have been "too tough" in a CBS 60 Minutes interview recorded after the vote.
- Asian-Americans swung sharply toward the Democrats on November 3, the report said.
- Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections.
US President Donald Trump said his mass deportation drive may have been "too tough," in an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes recorded after the November 3 midterm elections, according to a report published November 10, 2026. The remark followed heavy losses for his Republican Party, which lost control of both chambers of Congress.
Asian-Americans, among the communities heavily targeted in the immigration crackdown, swung sharply toward the Democrats on November 3, the report said. Analysts cited in the report doubt the remark signals a change of policy.
The report did not give figures for the size of the Asian-American shift or name the analysts.