Seeking to end confusion over his aggressive but recently muddled language on immigration, Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to remove millions of people living in the country illegally if he becomes president, warning that failure to do so would jeopardize the “well-being of the American people”.
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Democrats meanwhile said Trump’s immigration rhetoric showed he is incapable of modulating his position. He said the only way undocumented foreigners could live in the United States legally if he is elected on 8 November would be to leave the country and apply for re-entry. In a July poll, only 19 percent of Latino voters support Trump, far less than the 27 percent Mitt Romney won in 2012 – significant numbers given that 10 percent of all registered voters are Hispanic, according to 2012 exit polls.
But Perez says she was more disappointed with Pena Nieto for going down this path.
Mr Aguilar, who had previously expressed concern regarding Mr Trump’s views toward Hispanic people, organised a letter of support for the Republican signed by prominent Latino conservatives, and has consistently defended Mr Trump in the media.
No pivot on immigration from Donald Trump.
Anti-immigration rhetoric has fueled the careers of many politicians there, including three who appeared onstage with Trump: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and Gov. Doug Ducey.
The public side of the debate started August 20, when Trump held a hurriedly organized Saturday meeting with a newly formed National Hispanic Advisory Council at Trump Tower.
Speaking at the rally on Wednesday, Mr Trump said: “We take anybody”.
“That was not a Republican speech, that was populist propaganda”, Monty said.
The reward? Voters now have an image of Trump in a presidential setting, standing side-by-side with a world leader behind a lectern, listening patiently to a translator relay his counterpart’s remarks. “It’s not okay.” One council member told Politico the group was essentially a “scam”.
Trump said that one day he will build an “impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border” wall, not a fence, between the neighboring countries.
Mexico would not be have to pay upfront for a border wall with the United States, and could fund its construction by levying charges from travellers at the crossing point, an economic adviser to Donald Trump said yesterday (Thursday).
“That’s a big one”, Aguilar said.
Although he just about held his tongue in today’s interview, earlier he followed through with the obscenity when saying Mexico would not pay for the wall. In the meantime, he wants to prioritize deportation of “criminals, gang members, security threats, visa overstays” and those who rely on public welfare, along with “millions of recent illegal arrivals”.
Trump gave his Phoenix address, which was flagged as a major policy speech, just hours after he met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City.
Immigration has been a heated issue throughout this year’s presidential election and one of the most controversial and extravagant plans has come from Donald Trump, who has vowed to build to a big and lovely wall along the border of the United States and Mexico.
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But his Democratic opponent isn’t impressed.
