Minogue punts on Trump performance, questions deportations of illegals without criminal records
If too many illegal aliens without criminal records were deported "as the Governor if that were the case I would be all over it"
Mike Minogue told WCVB that it was not his “grade to give” when asked about the performance of Donald Trump as President adding he’d be “compassionate” with people in Massachusetts illegally, but that law enforcement should be targeting “criminal elements that need to be removed.”
“I’m so focused now on what is going on in Massachusetts…we want a Governor that is going to work with DC to try to maximize our funding and if DC does something that helps our state as a governor, I’ll support it,” told WCVB’s On the Record broadcast Sunday at 11AM.
Pressed for answer on Trump’s performance by Sharman Sacchetti Minogue said “its not my grade to give, I think that…I think the most important issue in the last election Sharman, was the closing the border.”
Sacchetti asked: “Are you trying to distance yourself from President Trump?”
Minogue: “I am a Republican and I’m a Mike Minogue Republican.”
Despite a focus on Massachusetts, Minogue got caught up in a discussion relative to federal immigration policy, indicating that as Governor he would evaluate enforcement actions if data indicted a majority of deportees were aliens without criminal records.
A function clearly beyond the scope of any Governor.
Co-host Erika Tarantal pressed Minogue on the reported 63% of Massachusetts illegals that been arrested by ICE with no criminal record, Minogue responded:
“I think that’s something that we said evaluate and those are the things that you get to the bottom of. And a leader and as the Governor if that were the case I would be all over it, I would be transparent and I would solve it, I would go in and make sure that we are working together to target those [criminals].”
