One year ago, he issued an immigration reform plan calling for an end to automatic citizenship for those born in the United States, a right which some say is abused by undocumented migrants seeking American birthright for their children.
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Asked whether the “deportation force” proposal Trump laid out in November is still in place, Pence replied: “Well, what you heard him describe there, in his usual plainspoken, American way, was a mechanism, not a policy”. It was part of Trump’s hard-line stance on his signature issue of immigration. He’s also insisted he’ll build a U.S. -Mexico border wall. Undocumented immigrants taking those jobs, Trump said, means Americans are being denied that protection.
“You see a CEO at work”.
In recent days, Trump has suggested he might be “softening”, saying Wednesday that he might be open to allowing at least some immigrants in the country illegally to stay, as long as they pay taxes.
Another top Trump supporter, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, similarly defended him on immigration on ABC’s “This Week”.
CHRISTIE: I’ll tell you this, this type of discourse in the campaign is just unwarranted, but it was started by Mrs. Clinton. “And I think that’s what’s really important”.
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway acknowledged that Trump’s language on the issue of immigration has changed, saying on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday that Trump “is not talking about a deportation force, but he is talking about being fair and humane, but also being fair to the American workers who are competing for for jobs, being fair to all of us who want secure borders”.
His surrogates on Sunday refused to comment on Trump’s reaction to the fatal shooting of National Basketball Association star Dwyane Wade’s cousin Friday, as she pushed her baby in a stroller in Chicago.
“Nobody enforces the law the way he wants to enforce the law”.
“She put some sort of a racist intention on those Americans”.
“We will have a mechanism for dealing with people in this country that – you heard the word ‘humanely.’ It will be fair and tough, but there will be no path to legalization and citizenship unless people leave the country”, said Pence, the governor of in, adding that some specifics will be provided soon at a later time. “In this task, we will always err on the side of protecting the American people – we will use immigration law to prevent crimes, and will not wait until some innocent American has been harmed or killed before taking action”, he said.
“Donald Trump will articulate what we do with the people who are here”. And the fact that you see Democrats and Hillary Clinton and her running mate rolling out the same old playbook of racial divisiveness, sounds a little bit to me like an act of desperation.
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“This becomes a conduit for people to gain access, and gaining access is a favor”, Pence said.
