The crowd’s reaction was split: Some cheered when Trump suggested that the immigrants be allowed to stay, others roared when he suggested deporting them.
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“No citizenship”, he said.
But I don’t think that we need to see his tax returns to verify his financial acumen.
“I’m old enough to remember when certain conservative outlets would go into a frenzy over GOP’ers wanting “amnesty” for illegal immigrants”, wrote Oliver Darcy, the Business Insider politics editor who previously worked at Glenn Beck’s The Blaze. “It’s a very hard thing”. “Because for us this looks like a wasted opportunity for him to spend time in Columbus, Ohio, or in Tampa, Florida or places like that which will actually determine the election in November”.
“We want to come up with a really fair but firm answer”.
But Trump, speaking Thursday at a meeting with minority Republicans at Trump Tower, emphasized that he’s still “very strong on illegal immigration”.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein says she could win the presidential election if she could just get more public exposure. The details of Trump’s plan-we’re getting a wall!
In a town hall event, Trump told Hannity “there certainly can be softening” on immigration laws, adding that he is “going to follow the laws of this country”, but is open to a “merit system”.
His original immigration policy was written with the help of Alabama Sen.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, talks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol June 10, 2014, in Washington, D.C.
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 US are more likely than USA citizens to commit serious crimes”.
As a strategist who specializes in helping Republican men refine their pitch to female voters, Conway has taken on tough jobs before. “And who is going to pay for the wall? They want to obey the law”, Trump said.
Many experts have long questioned the logistical reality – if not humanitarian wisdom – of a large-scale effort to track down and deport every person already living in the country illegally.
Then we have the mystery surrounding his immigration plan, which may change or may not, which may or may not be humane, which may or may not be just like his primary opponents’ plans.
This is now the last event Trump has scheduled for the week.
Elsewhere in the Trump fever dream, there’s confusion as to whether or not he’s about to make a big pivot on immigration.
On a dreary day in January 2013, House Republicans gathered at a golf resort in Williamsburg, Va., for an unusual seminar. There is an alternative explanation for this particular survey’s pro-Trump lean, however, as pointed out by Nate Cohn: For purposes of weighting the results to reflect an accurate sample, the poll lets respondents self-report who they voted for in 2012.
“It’s not “amnesty.’ It’s ‘comprehensive immigration reform”!” He had to go on what amounted to an apology tour because of his support of the legislation. McCain eventually won the nomination, but lost to Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
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The conversation turned to Trump’s December proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, which has since been amended to banning all people from countries “with a history of terrorism”.
