The news comes after the Trump campaign announced that the candidate would go softer on his immigration rhetoric. In an interview that aired not even 24 hours before his Thursday comments, Trump’s position on the issue was similarly muddled: he suggested his administration could “work with” the millions of illegal immigrants who are already residing in the country.
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“No there’s not a path to legalization unless people leave the country”, Trump told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Anderson 360.
He suggested some could stay if they paid “back taxes”, though he insisted they would not qualify for citizenship.
When asked about how he’d handle someone who came to the country illegally but has been living here for 20 years and committed no other crimes, , “we have to follow the laws of our country”.
“The president does believe that these are the kinds of debate we should have”, Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.
Trump’s latest comments came as Nigel Farage, an anti-immigration politician who was part of Britain’s successful campaign to leave the European Union, planned to address Trump’s rally in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday night.
Trump’s pivot is turning a lot of attention toward one Trump supporter in particular.
Yet it was now unclear to what length Trump would go to execute those deportations.
The property developer had previously planned to set up a “deportation force” that would round up the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, including thousands of Irish. I don’t think he is softening. I think he panicked and he had to say (it) …
Overall, Trump’s supporters are split on how they view immigrants in the country illegally – according to a new survey from Pew Research Center, only 50 percent of Trump supporters agree that “undocumented immigrants now living in the USA are more likely than US citizens to commit serious crimes”.
Trump responded, “No citizenship. There’s no amnesty. But we work with them”, Trump said during a Fox News town hall.
Complained Explaining his shift in position, Mr Trump said that he was moved by people he had met on the campaign who complained about his proposals.
But the Trump campaign threw cold water on those reports at the time.
Trump also made a similar outreach to black voters and called Clinton “a bigot” for allegedly taking for granted the support of minority voters.
Trump and Clinton are each portraying the other as discriminatory toward African-Americans, with Trump charging on Wednesday evening that the candidate herself was hateful. Pushed by Cooper if Trump meant to make a personal argument about Clinton as opposed to a policy argument, Trump doubled down.
“She doesn’t care what her policies have done to your communities”, he continued. She talks a good game.
“There’s no “alt-right” or ‘alt-left.’ All I’m embracing is common sense”, Trump said.
Coulter then spoke directly to the media, who largely this week saw perceptible cracks in Coulter’s love of all things Trump. “You can not do that in the future and it’s not easy”.
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GOP Rep. Steve King of Iowa, a leading immigration hardliner, said in an interview that “I have some concerns at this point” over Trump’s stances. The survey said those questioned had an unfavorable view of Clinton by a 53 to 41 percent margin, but Trump by a 61-33 percent split.
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