Sanders Defends Trump Immigration Policy and Hegseth on The View

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended President Donald Trump’s approach to immigration and said she believed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was doing a good job during an appearance on The View on November 9, 2026. Her exchanges with co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro also included calls for immigration reform and a dispute over how to describe people who enter the country unlawfully.

Asked about immigration, Sanders said Trump was right to secure the border and focus on violent offenders, but added that the system needed reform. She said both parties would need to work toward a solution and that securing the border was a necessary first step.

Navarro challenged Sanders over the scope of deportations, saying most people detained and deported did not have violent criminal convictions. Sanders responded that Navarro was misrepresenting her point. She said the president was right to focus on violent offenders while also reflecting on cases in which people should not have been targeted.

Sanders also recounted the death of Arkansas nurse Jennifer Ann Morton, saying an undocumented immigrant who had been deported during Trump’s first term returned under the Biden...