Speaking to NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview that will air Sunday, Trump said that “we’re going to keep the families together, but they have to go.”

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The billionaire businessman said he would “make a whole new set of standards” to replace Obama’s immigration orders.

“We will work with them. They have to go,” Trump said. “We either have a country or we don’t have a country.”

Trump has drawn controversy on the topic of immigration since he entered the presidential race June 16.

“They’re sending people who have a lot of problems,” Trump said of Mexico during his announcement speech at New York City’s Trump Tower. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists,” he added. “And some, I assume, are good people.”

Those remarks drew condemnation from many politicians, including Republicans. And a wide variety of corporations severed contracts with Trump, including Macy’s, NASCAR, Univision and NBC, which airs “Meet the Press.”