Hillary Clinton sharply criticized Donald Trump's immigration policies during a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday evening, boasting that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and former President Barack Obama oversaw more deportations than Trump without the alleged brutality associated with his administration.
Speaking to an international audience, Clinton acknowledged that immigration in the United States has gone "too far," adding that "there is a legitimate reason to have a debate about things like migration," which she described as having been "disruptive and destabilising."
The former Secretary of State emphasized the need for reform, stating that immigration issues "needs to be fixed in a humane way with secure borders that don’t torture and kill people." She specifically targeted the Trump administration's "deadly immigration crackdown," contrasting it with past Democratic-led efforts.
Clinton highlighted deportation statistics to bolster her argument, noting, "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
During Bill Clinton’s two terms in the White House from 1993 to 2001, more than 12 million people were deported. Under Barack Obama’s tenure from 2009 to 2017, there were more than 3 million deportations.
Her remarks come amid ongoing debates over border security and immigration enforcement, as Clinton positioned Democratic approaches as more effective and humane compared to those under Trump.
