Before he steamrolled his way to the Republican presidential nomination, Trump was in New Hampshire in June 2015 talking about Mexicans. This was in response to Tapper pressing Giulinai on Trump apologizing for his support of the idea in past years, citing the concerns of many black voters and Trump’s recent appeals.
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Quotes from Rudy Giuliani’s appearance on CNN’s State of the Union suggest that Donald Trump, if elected president, may have a hard time deporting immigrants and effectively breaking up their families that may have been in America for about 15 years or so, with most of their children being USA citizens. “That is not the kind of America he wants”.
Giuliani said Trump’s 10-point immigration plan is primarily aimed at weeding out those who commit additional crimes, not those who are simply living here illegally.
Of course, there are a lot more important Republican leaders who don’t agree with Rudy Giuliani. Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, as well as Trump’s running-mate, Mike Pence, and campaign manager Kellyanne Conway claim that he will stick to his initial plan for immigrants.
Reconciling what he was saying with the NY businessman’s actual prepared speech delivered from a teleprompter, Mr Giuliani explained that the message “got lost to some extent in the emotion of the moment”.
“Those who have left to seek entry under this new system will not be awarded surplus visas, but will have to enter under the immigration caps or limits that will be established”, Trump also added, making a lot of supporters and not only question his current attitude toward mass deportation.
Giuliani also defended Trump’s focus on the validity of President Barack Obama birth in the United States – a position that’s enraged African American voters – saying it was Hillary Clinton’s campaign that first raised the issue during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Asked if Trump should apologize for the false birther conspiracy theories Giuliani didn’t think so: “You know if everybody apologized for all the things they said in politics all we would be doing on television shows is apologizing”.
Later that Wednesday, Trump doubled down on his stance that Mexico would pay for a border wall and there would be no amnesty for undocumented immigrants.
“(I) f you read that speech carefully, that speech is consistent with what he said in the past, and it leaves a very big opening for what will happen with the people that remain here in the United States after the criminals are removed and after the border is secure”, Giuliani said.
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The comments by Conway and Pence brought criticism from the Clinton campaign. Trump’s message to immigrant families is clear: “everyone must go”.
