A 39-year-old former Central Intelligence Agency agent who once managed undercover operations in Pakistan, Hurd hasn’t endorsed Trump, though he says the billionaire businessman still has about two months to win his vote.
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He told a cheering crowd that Mexico would pay for the wall “100 percent” and that if he wins the election anyone living illegally in the United States would be sent back to their home country and made to apply for re-entry.
Recent polls place the Republican presidential candidate’s chances of becoming the 45th U.S president as slim at best, with national and swing-state polls taken since the Democratic National Convention giving his main opponent Hillary Clinton double digit leads.
In an immigration speech that Trump delivered in Phoenix right after visiting Mexico, the candidate said illegal immigrants who want USA citizenship will need to leave the country and head to the back of the line in their home countries, the Associated Press reported.
“Anyone who has entered the United States illegally is subject to deportation”. “And Mexico will pay for the wall – 100 percent”. Her policy would also allow some to collect Social Security, so long as they pay into the system for at least 10 years.
So much for working beautifully together. “We will treat everyone with dignity, respect and compassion, but our greatest compassion will be for the American citizen”.
Trump is trailing Clinton in opinion polls and the NY businessman’s aides hoped the trip would make him look presidential and show he was willing to deal head-on with thorny issues such as relations with Mexico.
The president came under fire for not responding to Trump’s mention of the wall during a joint news conference Wednesday, something he has since sought to correct. John McCain, whose war heroism Trump famously belittled, with a “defeat the establishment” theme like Trump’s.
Trump faced criticism from his base, with his strongest supporters crying foul after the businessman appeared to walk back some of his earlier promises on immigration reform. Beruff lost by 54 points.
During his Wednesday night address in Phoenix, Arizona, the White House hopeful dispelled the myth that he is softening his stance on illegal immigration.
Salvia said Trump had also displayed diplomatic tact in not demanding directly that Mexico pay for the costs of erecting the wall in his one hour meeting with the Mexican leader. He had also said that he would forcefully deport the 11 million illegal immigrants.
The spin is working on some people ― MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough repeatedly said on Friday that Trump’s current immigration policy is the same as President Barack Obama’s or maybe even softer. “Mexicans deserve everybody’s respect”.
I agree. This must seem out of the norm for the press who need coddled and kneel before their beloved President in the months before his departure and what they hope is another Clinton administration.
“It will be, from now on, America first”.
“Our message to the world will be this: You can not obtain legal status or become a citizen of the United States by illegally entering our country”, Trump said.
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Donald Trump tried nearly every strategy possible over the past two weeks to spin his deportation positions.
