On the morning of August 31, Trump gave a press conference in Mexico City standing next to the country’s president Enrique Pena Nieto and said the pair “didn’t discuss” who would be paying for this infamous wall he wants to build between the USA and Mexico. But the speech might have done little to appeal to the broader electorate – especially suburban white voters who could be crucial on Election Day.
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But later he struck a more uncompromising note when he added: “Anyone who has entered the United States illegally is subject to deportation”.
But Trump replies that he wants to reduce immigration because as President of the United States, putting America First would be his job. He returned to the hardline rhetoric that powered him to the Republican presidential nomination over 16 rivals, heartening those conservatives drawn to Trump by the issue. He referred to Pena Nieto as a “wonderful, wonderful president”, but reaffirmed the pledge he had not repeated in Mexico: “They don’t know it yet, but they’re going to pay for the wall”.
Trump again vowed that Mexico would pay for construction of a “great border wall” between the two countries. “They don’t know it yet, but they’re going to pay for the wall”.
The speech quashed any expectations that, given Trump’s meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Wednesday, “the reality television star might be pivoting from xenophobic showman to quasi-serious candidate”, as Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke put it.
“At the start of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall”, Peña Nieto tweeted, after their meeting Wednesday. But he wasn’t backing away from the proposal that has animated his campaign. On Hillary, “Maybe they’ll be able to deport HER!”
“It’s our right as a sovereign nation to choose immigrants that we think are the likeliest to thrive and flourish and love us”. After all, while Trump is a savant when it comes to playing the media like a fiddle, he’s also not that bright and there is so much chaos in his campaign that it is hard to believe this could have all been part of a highly-coordinated plan.
“I think he’s going to be fair, I think he’s going to be humane, I think he’s going to be firm”, Hunt said.
Trump had previously called for a “deportation force”. His speech Wednesday night on illegal immigration was a classic example of why this is and might be the most dramatic of example of the entire campaign.
“As with any law enforcement activity, we will set priorities”, Trump said.
“There will be no amnesty!” leading to citizenship for immigrants already in the U.S., Trump wrote on Twitter Thursday.
He brought the parents of Americans slain by undocumented immigrants onto the stage, asking them to briefly tell their stories.
He’s telling veterans, “I will never let you down”.
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“Mexican people have felt hurt by the comments that have been made, but I’m sure his genuine interest is to build a relationship that will give both of our societies better welfare”, Peña Nieto said at a news conference after meeting with Trump, according to a live translation of the remarks. And he outlined plans to create a special task force that would prioritize the deportation of criminals, people who have overstayed their visas and other immediate security threats.
