Republican presidential nominee Donald J Trump, appearing to temper his hard-line approach to tackling immigration, said on Monday that he wants to come up with a plan that is “really fair” to address the millions of undocumented immigrants now in the US.
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To compare allegations (repeated incessantly by the Republican machine) of wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s open statements of hate for nearly anyone who is a different color, race, religion, national origin or political persuasion from his is hardly the American way. A campaign official not authorized to publicly discuss Trump’s plans said it was being postponed, likely until next week, but did not say why.
Trump has insisted he is not “flip-flopping” But he told immigration activists he may consider allowing those who have not committed crimes, beyond their immigration offenses, to obtain some sort of legal status.
Before the announcement today, state campaign director Scott Hagerstrom was the only senior staffer for the Trump-Pence campaign in the state.
Donald Trump met with his new National Hispanic Advisory Council in NY on Saturday as a first step in reaching out to Latino voters.
“Donald Trump wants us all to share in the nation’s prosperity by lowering taxes and ensuring jobs come back and stay in our country”, he continues. While he declined to provide details, he said the plan will be “humane and ethical and treats everybody well, but we have to solve a problem”, referring to illegal immigration.
On Monday afternoon, the Trump campaign abruptly canceled the speech it had planned for Thursday, without providing an immediate reason.
Trump said in an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Monday that he was “working with a lot of people in the Hispanic community to try and come up with an answer”. “They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people”. “And I say it with such a deep-felt feeling, what do you have to lose? We’re gonna get them out”, he said.
The changed comments from Trump, who is planning a major immigration speech this week, comes after he vowed to build a wall along the border with Mexico and deport immigrants who have entered illegally.
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During the primary season, Trump denounced his Republican rivals for being too weak on immigration. The strategy had helped propel Trump to winning the Republican presidential nomination, writes the New York Times.
