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Following immigration speech, Hispanic Trump backers withdraw support
A day after he gave a tough speech on immigration in Phoenix where he vowed to kick out “the most unsafe criminal illegal aliens, ‘ Republican Donald Trump told a conservative radio host there was indeed a ‘softening” in his position. “We Mexicans have dignity, and we reject your hate speech”. Trump, Suarez said, was asked explicitly whether they would see a softening or any “hope” for at least some of the people now living in the shadows.
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After Trump launched his presidential campaign past year by declaring that Mexico was sending “rapists” and other criminals across the border, Pena Nieto likened the NY businessman’s isolationist positions to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and fascist Benito Mussolini. But Trump also made clear in his speech that if made president, he would still commit to the idea of mass deportation, a promise that he has never wavered on since he launched his presidential campaign previous year. On top of it all, Pena Nieto tweeted that he told Trump – at the outset of his conversation – that Mexico wouldn’t be paying for the wall.
But the big question entering Wednesday night’s speech was whether he’d stand by his calls for mass deportations – including families that hadn’t violated additional laws.
“What is a fact is that in the face of candidate Trump’s postures and positions, which clearly represent a threat to the future of Mexico, it was necessary to talk”, Pena Nieto said hours after his annual state-of-the-nation report was delivered to congress. If media had done a better job of reporting - and then informing - their world views, I wonder whether Trump and his promoters would have found fertile soil for their divisiveness, fear, ignorance, and bigotry. During the primaries, he was one of dozens of conservative Hispanics leaders who announced they could not support Trump. And the awesome thing is… When I grew up, we were taught to believe in assimilation: that every American would end up sounding if not looking alike.
This speech in Arizona was the game-changer. Trump accepted the invitation to meet with the President of Mexico. He showed he’s a man of action by flying to Mexico on a moment’s notice. Mexico bought about 16 percent of American exports previous year, and Mexico is now the country’s third-largest trading partner.
The story was widely panned by reporters who pointed out that the first several paragraphs directly contradicted what Trump actually said.
Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said Trump gave voters “a coherent and workable strategy” for addressing the problems of illegal immigration.
In short, there was no pivot, no attempt to broaden his base. That it seems is more important even than winning. Despite polling showing the vast majority of Americans, including Republicans, disagree with his extreme stances, he can not admit error and therefore can not depart from positions that make him unacceptable to people outside his core base.
Medina, who was born in Texas and is a US citizen who considers herself Mexican-American. He later added, “It turns out Trump didn’t just choke, he got beat in the room and lied about it”.
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On CNN on Thursday, Mr Aguilar said he believed Mr Trump would “move to the centre” on immigration and made a decision to support the tycoon because of his dislike of Hillary Clinton. That’s not far off, but with one caveat that should always apply to Trump: Whatever he says today may be repudiated tomorrow.