(TNS) President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated a plan to grant legal status to undocumented immigrant farmworkers, claiming that foreign-born migrants are “naturally” better suited than “inner city” Americans to menial agricultural jobs.

In what would be a controversial partial break from his hard-line mass deportation plan, Trump said he wants to allow migrant farmworkers, millions of whom have lived in the country for years or decades, to remain in the U.S. indefinitely.

“In some cases, we’re sending them back to their country with a pass back (so when) they’re coming in, they’re coming in legally,” Trump said in an interview with CNBC. “We can’t let our farmers not have anybody.”

Trump used the present tense in the interview, even though no such plan currently exists.

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