Trump, taping a town hall in Austin, Texas, for Fox News, was asked by moderator Sean Hannity if he would change current statutes to accommodate law-abiding citizens or longtime residents who have raised children in the United States.
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“I had a great meeting with great people, great Hispanic leaders, and there could certainly be a softening because we’re not looking to hurt people”.
“It’s a waste of resources” to try to deport millions of people, said Erik Schramm, 21, a full-time student at Kent State University who voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the presidential primary and supports Trump now.
During his campaign, Trump has pledged to deport the 11 million people living in the country illegally and build a wall along the U.S. -Mexico border.
Trump ticked off a series of statistics about crimes committed by some illegal immigrants and vowed that would be stopped under his presidency.
Donald Trump is backing away from his call for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, and even some of his rally-going supporters say they’re fine with it.
Trump pressed on with his commitment to this plan at hundreds of rallies where his supporters frequently cited Trump’s hardline stance on immigration as the rallying cry that drew them to Trump’s unconventional candidacy.
But his policies have been harshly criticized by Democrats and some Republicans, recent polls have shown him trailing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and last week, he shook up the leadership of his campaign, installing a new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, and CEO, Steve Bannon.
His real goal is to bring down the Republican Party. “When you have no governing philosophy, pivots are par for the course”.
“That is why we support building a wall along our southern border and protecting all ports of entry”.
At his Austin event, attended by thousands who packed a rodeo arena, some were shouting: “Build the wall” long before Trump even showed up, a reference to the NY businessman’s oft-stated promise to build a wall along the US with Mexico and make Mexico pay for it.
More than a year later, Trump, now the Republican nominee, is preparing to wade back into the heated immigration debate. He went on, “Look, it is a disaster the way African-Americans are living, in many cases, and, in many cases the way Hispanics are living, and I say it with such a deep-felt feeling: What do you have to lose?”
“I’m more likely to think that it’s going to be historic than that it’s going to be close”, said GOP strategist Rob Jesmer, formerly executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. “It has some problems”.
This is, to say the least, not the way politicians ordinarily reach out to groups of voters.
OBAMA: In the 2008 budget year, before Obama took office, the USA had about 17,000 Border Patrol agents, reflecting an increase under President George W. Bush from the 9,212 the US had in 2000. Democratic President Barack Obama’s attempts have failed to bear fruit amid partisan gridlock.
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Trump insisted in the Hannity appearance he would “follow the law”. But that leaves us with weeks of activity, and between now and then, there’s a strong chance-a guarantee, almost-that Trump will go further down this white nationalist rabbit hole, surfacing the worst of American life in the process. And you know Bush, and even Obama, sends people back. “We’re going to enforce the laws that are on the books today”, Pence said.
