“My first day in office, I am going to notify law enforcement authorities that all of the bad dudes – and we have a lot of them – that are here illegally, that are the heads of gangs and drug cartels and all sorts of people”.
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Faced with a question about his signature policy issue-his promise to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants-Trump did what any good “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” contestant would do: he asked the audience.
What he’s said before: In November, Trump called for a deportation force to remove the estimated 11-12 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
“There’s no path to legalization unless they leave the country”, Trump said after an event in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Trump received a large round of applause from the studio audience when he said he would make sure that those immigrants who could stick around would have to pay “back taxes”. “I’m hearing you. But I will say this, if I was an American citizen I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton if you paid me”, Farage said. Tell me, I mean, I don’t know. But, so we’re going to follow the laws of this country.
Speaking before Trump’s campaign rally in Austin, Texas, Tuesday night, Alabama Republican senator and longtime Trump ally Jeff Sessions tried to parse Trump’s words, saying he was softening his position on the “legality” of illegal immigration.
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But in the course of a few days, Trump has gone from calling for mass deportations for millions – a position to the right of even many Republicans – to arguing deportations should focus on those who commit crimes, veering into the same territory as President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton.
A top heavy 76 percent majority in the Pew poll believe undocumented immigrants are as hard working as US citizens, while 67 percent agreed that undocumented immigrants are no more likely than citizens to commit serious crimes.
“We will end illegal immigration, and we will restore the constitutional rule of law”, Trump pledged.
“We must address one of the most vital issues of all, border security”, Trump said.
Trump has repeatedly declared that if elected, he would deport the 11 million people living in the USA illegally.
“Look, when you launch your campaign saying Mexican immigrants are rapists, drug dealers and murderers, I don’t know there’s a lot you can say to recover”, said Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of IL. And they’ve said, ‘Mr. You tell me.”Sean Hannity: “Well, well, let me-well, let’s do a poll”.
“If you’re going to talk to African-Americans about how your policies would improve their lives. you need to go to those organizations that are predominantly African-American in membership or you go to those communities where African-Americans live”, Thompson said.
Trump said Thursday he will lay out an “exact plan” on immigration in an upcoming speech. “We know it’s possible”. She’s warning of murky ties between Trump and the Russian government, suggesting that her Republican opponent may be a puppet of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “They’ve been doing that for the previous year”.
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One of Trump’s most reliable allies made plans to aid him this fall.
