The real estate mogul and his new campaign leadership have dodged questions in recent days about whether Trump will abandon the promises he made on illegal immigration that attracted Republican primary voters to his campaign in droves, notably his promise to deport all estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US.
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“I feel very strongly that if we can get Mr. Trump or Mr. Pence to the state of Missouri, that we would also have a very strong turnout of the thousands of people coming to those events”. “My plan suspends visas when we can’t perform effective screening, and it puts forward a new ideological screening program to keep out people from our country who don’t support our values”, he said.
“Once donors were writing checks to the campaign, Trump said, ‘Wow, I can get more money personally out of this, ‘” Kaine said at a campaign stop in Denver.
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.
The billionaire businessman, whose hard-line approach to immigration and fierce rhetoric propelled him to the GOP presidential nomination, insisted that he’s not “flip-flopping” on the divisive issue as he works to broaden his support two and half months to the general election.
More than a year later, Trump, now the Republican nominee, is preparing to wade back into the heated immigration debate.
“As far as the rest, we’re going to go through the process, like they are now, perhaps with a lot more energy, and we’re going to do it only through the system of laws”, Trump said.
In Pennsylvania, “I certainly think the senator’s going to do well and I think he can outperform Donald Trump”, said Mike Barley, a GOP strategist in the state, speaking of Toomey. “And I say it with such a deep-felt feeling, what do you have to lose? If you are here illegally, you have to stay out.” she said. Frustrated Republicans say that if none of that ends up mattering, they’ll know who to blame.
This visit comes as Trump faces new criticism for his perceived weakening stance on immigration.
Clinton’s campaign on Saturday said Trump showed he’s “out of touch” with black Americans by “waiting the entire community as living in poverty with no jobs”.
And last fall, the former “Celebrity Apprentice” host said he would utilize a “deportation force” to carry out his plan.
TRUMP: He’s offered conflicting takes on how he’d deal with immigrants brought here illegally as children, and their parents.
The Trump campaign’s state headquarters will be in Jefferson City, in the same building that houses the state offices for the Missouri Republican Party. There is the traditional method of going to a website with an interactive Electoral College map, then plugging in the leader in polls of each state to see if a candidate gets to 270 electoral votes.
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 USA with Mexico and make Mexico pay for it.
“This election we’ll decide whether we have a border”, Trump said, vowing again to build a wall on the southern border.
In the latest revelations, the State Department said it was reviewing almost 15,000 previously undisclosed emails.
But Mrs Clinton’s email scandal continues to haunt her.
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Additionally, the FBI has said it found about 14,000 Clinton documents, including emails, in its investigation into whether sensitive information was mishandled because of the private server.
