Wire reporting: (AP, via DC News Now)

President Donald Trump said in a 60 Minutes interview that his administration's deportation policy might have been too tough for some voters, days after Republicans lost control of the House and Senate in the Nov. 3 midterm elections^11,2.

Speaking with correspondent Ross Douthat, Trump said the immigration crackdown both helped and hurt at the polls, citing credit for tightening the border and removing people he described as the "bad ones," while saying removals of people with jobs had cost him support¹¹. "So I think it was too tough," he said, according to CBS News¹¹.

He described a split in public views over people whose main violation was entering the country illegally, including some working in landscaping or hotels and, in some cases, paying taxes^11,1. CBS reported he said he would like to work with congressional Democrats, who will control both chambers next year, on immigration^11,8.

The Times of India, summarizing a transcript published Sunday, reported he said a compromise that kept some long-term workers while still removing people involved in serious crimes might be doable, and that some Democrats had already approached him⁸. No new enforcement order was described in the accounts reviewed^7,11.

CBS said it was unclear whether the administration planned to change its strategy¹¹. On Friday, Trump named Stephen Miller, a principal architect of the deportation drive, as White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles, CBS and The Rio Times reported^11,7.

CBS said illegal border crossings have fallen sharply since Trump returned to office, while interior arrests and ICE detentions have risen, and that a large share of recent arrestees lacked criminal records beyond immigration offenses¹¹. The administration has said it aims to arrest the worst cases first while warning that anyone in the country illegally can be deported¹¹.

CBS cited its midterm exit polling as showing 58% of voters thought the administration's immigration actions had gone too far, while Republicans still held a slight edge over Democrats on which party voters trusted more on immigration¹¹.

Trump also discussed other issues in the same interview, including the Iran war, which he did not dispute as a factor in Republican losses, according to the Times of India^8,1. What, if anything, will change in day-to-day ICE operations was not announced^7,11.