But 11 weeks before the election, Trump is suddenly sounding a lot like the opponents he repeatedly ridiculed.
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The media might be able to improve their batting average on the immigration issue, and figure out that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to this complicated problem, if only they would give Trump something they’re determined to deny him: a fair hearing. There will be “no path to legalization”, said Trump, unless the undocumented immigrants leave the country and come back.
“Hispanics are exhausted of being used by these phony politicians”, Trump roared above the rumbles of a thunderstorm audible inside.
The Pew Research Center poll released on Thursday found that 61 percent of those surveyed rejected one of Trump’s signature policies: building a wall along the US-Mexico border. “What people don’t realize, we have very, very strong laws”.
Kellyanne Conway said that Trump “is not for amnesty”.
Did Donald Trump really just do a total flip-flop on immigration? Judge Curiel is overseeing a lawsuit involving Trump University, and Trump believes that the case should have been dismissed on its merits.
Trump said Thursday he will lay out an “exact plan” on immigration in an upcoming speech. “There’s no amnesty. But we work with them”, Trump said during a Fox News town hall.
Trump is now either caught up in, or trying to exploit, that contradiction as he considers “softening” his controversial immigration stance. Or, as Republican strategist Rob Jesmer told the Huffington Post, “To say you’re for deporting murderers and rapists, well that’s great news ― so is Paul Ryan, Nancy Pelosi, George Bush and Chuck Schumer”.
“There’s no “alt-right” or ‘alt-left.’ All I’m embracing is common sense”, Trump said.
As Donald Trump soft-pedals his once-hard-line immigration rhetoric, supporters of his vanquished primary foe Ted Cruz have one message for Republican voters: We told you so.
She described Rubio as a leader of the bipartisan Senate “Gang of Eight” that favored a pathway to citizenship for some immigrants now in the country illegally.
Trump made no mention at the rally, largely attended by white supporters, of his remarks Tuesday that he would consider “softening” laws dealing with immigrants in the country illegally.
“I don’t think anything has changed”, said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., a staunch immigration reform advocate. He added: “I don’t think you’re gonna round up and deport 12 million people”.
“So now we have the person 20 years been an upstanding person, the family is great, everyone is great, do we throw them out or do we work with them?” Trump went after Clinton’s honesty, and her effectiveness in office. “The one who is have committed a crime”, she told Good Morning America.
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After signaling that his position on immigration is “to be determined” and that it could “soften”, Donald Trump did an unbelievable thing – what amounts to nearly a full about-face on the principal issue that has driven his campaign. In fact, his words resonated among another segment of the public that views illegal immigration as a drain on working-class Americans. It behooves a Republican candidate to try to reach every voter in the country, and Hillary Clinton doesn’t have the same deep connection to black voters that her husband, Bill, did.
