He challenged Trump’s claim that current undocumented immigrants would be able to leave and then re-enter legally, saying the few who might qualify for visas would have to wait decades until they can get back into the country.
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Ben Johnson, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said those who understand immigration policy sometimes laugh trying to make sense of Trump’s border proposals.
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary JohnsonGary JohnsonSCOTUS shuts down Ohio Libertarians” ballot request Gary Johnson: Trump “fumbling’ on immigration Polls show tight races in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan MORE says his Republican counterpart’s waffling on immigration policy – first “softening” and then “hardening” his proposals – is not helping his White House campaign.
Trump has had strong views about immigration from the start, rallying for strict immigration policies during his campaign.
Mendoza spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. “They know you’re going to do a good job once you’re there”.
A day before Donald Trump is expected to give a major address on immigration, his campaign is still struggling to clarify exactly what his stance on the issue is. “He’s actually having a conversation”. Asked if Mr Trump still sought a “deportation force”, which he called for past year, Mr Pence said Mr Trump was speaking of “a mechanism, not a policy”.
The speech was scheduled for last week but Trump’s campaign postponed it.
“We should only admit into this country those that share our values and respect our people”.
Rarely has a presidential candidate flip-flopped on an issue, particularly one that has been identified as a cornerstone of his campaign, as thoroughly as Mr. Trump has done on illegal immigration.
Trump cited the Eisenhower model during a notable exchange with Ohio Gov. John Kasich during the fourth Republican debate last fall. Presidents have to weigh in on disputes between people on two sides of a conflict; they have to decide which countries to cultivate closer alliances with (and which can be safely ignored or antagonized). Most people don’t even know where they are. It’s a silly argument. Now, the media will run with it however they want. “Stop illegal immigration”, the NY billionaire developer tweeted.
“Dwight Eisenhower. You don’t get nicer”.
“Trump and Arpaio are friends”. “We have no choice”.
Asked whether “building the wall or doing something with the 11 million here illegally” was more important, Trump’s new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway didn’t hesitate.
Pence hosted a town hall at the Phoenix Convention Center on August 2. He explained that he’s been talking to “thousands and thousands” of people on this subject.
SEATTLE (AP) – After an unexpected visit to Mexico on Wednesday, Donald Trump is set to deliver a much-anticipated speech on immigration in Arizona.
“Yes, I think he’s moving away from that – from the perspective – taking into consideration many factors involved: Is the person a criminal? It’s a very, very hard thing”, he said during the Hannity event.
That same week, Trump told CNN’s Anderson Cooper deportations are a process and that “you can’t take 11 (million) at one time and just say ‘boom, you’re gone.’ We have to find where these people are”.
Now, Trump may have added a new piece to the puzzle: creating – for some of the undocumented but not all – a path to earned legal status or citizenship.
Trump Jr. confirmed that he father would still push for the deportation of undocumented immigrants if elected in November. In the case of Kate Steinle, the man who murdered her right in front of her father over a year ago, Chris, he had been deported five times.
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“A porous border is an open invitation to those who wish to harm America, and for too long our borders have been an inviting access point for drug smugglers, human traffickers and potential terrorists”, Franks’ statement said. “We’re going to see what happens”.
