On the July 6, 2014, episode of Meet the Press, Labrador stated that the Obama administration needed to "immediately deport" young illegal immigrants. The comment came as part of a discussion about the estimated 52,000 unaccompanied minors from Central America who had tried to cross the border since October 2013."Americans don't want mass deportations but are sort of OK with increased deportations", washingtonpost.com; accessed November 15, 2014.
