“But we want to come up with something fair”.
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Newly installed campaign manager Kellyanne Conway on Sunday suggested some wiggle room in Trump’s plan, saying it was “to be determined” if he would still support the creation of a “deportation force”.
Trump, who is scheduled to attend a fundraiser on Thursday in Colorado where he was supposed to deliver a major speech on immigration, said on Monday that he wants a plan that is “really fair” to address the millions of undocumented immigrants now in the us but that the speech he was “planning on giving is still being modified”.
Campaign aides say Trump is expected to focus on themes of “supporting law enforcement, stopping illegal immigration and bringing back jobs”. “We want to come up with a really fair, but firm, answer”, Trump said.
The news comes after a weekend of speculation that Trump, who has staked his presidential run on a hard-line approach to immigration, was softening his views as he courts minority and moderate Republican voters he needs to support him in November.
There have been signs for weeks now that Trump was shifting course. But on Monday, Trump insisted he had no intention of changing his stance.
But as the campaign confirmed the postponement of Thursday’s event, other campaign representatives who attended Saturday’s meeting were less clear. “We’re working with a lot of people in the Hispanic community to try and come up with an answer”. “He didn’t give any indication one way or another as to what he would be doing”. While he declined to provide details, he said the plan will be “humane and ethical and treats everybody well, but we have to solve a problem”, referring to illegal immigration.
And on Monday, Conway said the plan to deport 11 million people was never set in stone.
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During the primary season, Trump denounced his Republican rivals for being too weak on immigration. Fuentes said that Trump used the language of wanting to handle the issue in a “fair”, “humane”, and “legal” way, but Fuentes said he didn’t automatically take that to mean that Trump was going allow some to stay or have legal status. When he announced he was running for president, he called for construction of a wall along the nation’s border with Mexico to stop undocumented immigrants from entering the country.
