Donald Trump thinks he can ship out 11 million immigrants in two years if he is elected president.
The front-runner for the Republican 2016 presidential nomination told a group of Alabama Republicans on Thursday night that it would logistically take 18 months to two years to send all of America's illegal immigrants back to Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported.
“We have to get them out. If we have wonderful cases, they can come back in, but they have to come back in legally,” Trump said during his call with the group, the newspaper reported.
Zach Bowman, director of voter engagement for the Alabama GOP, confirmed the call took place with the newspaper. A Trump spokesman didn’t return a request for comment by the time the Journal's story was published.
Response to Trump's comments were positive on the Free Republic, although the 11 million figure was seen as inaccurate.
"Anyone who believes in the 11 million figure also believes in the tooth fairy," said one individual.
"Trump knows it’s likely 30 million or more. He said it before," said another.
A CNN/ORC poll released Thursday revealed Trump is the first Republican candidate to top 30 percent support. Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson garnered second place with 19 percent, CNN reported.