Despite Pence insisting that Trump’s immigration positions “have been absolutely consistent”, the GOP nominee suggested this week he would be open to “softening” his intentions to create a “deportation force” and remove the entire undocumented immigrant population from the United States.
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What Trump has made clear in recent days is that he would deport immigrants in the country illegally who have committed certain crimes – those he has called “bad dudes”.
The next day, he ruled out legal status, “unless they leave the country and come back”, he told CNN. It was part of Trump’s hard-line stance on his signature issue of immigration.
The New York businessman was the headline speaker at “Joni Ernst’s Roast and Ride”, a charity event for military veterans run by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican.
When Tapper asked whether a “deportation force” will be kicking millions of undocumented immigrants out of the country, Pence sidestepped the question. “We look at our whole immigration system and see whether that works and makes sense”. “You see someone who is engaging the American people, listening to the American people, hearing from all sides”, he added.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he’s planning a speech Wednesday on illegal immigration.
GOP vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence said Sunday the main tenets of Trump’s immigration plan will include building the wall, no path to legalization or citizenship and stronger border enforcement.
“But when I’m traveling across the country, the American people are focused on their future”, Pence said. “I think the American people ought to ask it”.
“Nobody enforces the law the way he wants to enforce the law”.
A new poll Sunday showed the Republican ticket still capturing just 5% of the black vote despite Trump’s attempts to court minorities last week.
“She put some sort of a racist intention on those Americans”.
“We will move justly, but we will move fast, believe me, and we will move tough”, he said.
“Every time an African American citizen, or any citizen, loses their job to an illegal immigrant, the rights of that American citizen have been totally violated”, he argued.
“Give Donald Trump credit for at least trying to address a complex issue and not pretending like Hillary Clinton does, that we don’t have these problems”, she said.
Pence also attacked the Clinton Foundation, highlighting its acceptance of foreign donations – contributions that aren’t allowed as political campaign contributions. “In fact, Hillary Clinton is to the left of Barack Obama on immigration”.
Pence continued by pledging that “pay-to-play” politics will be gone the second that Donald Trump sets foot in the White House.
Pence defended Trump’s tweet about the Chicago shooting death of basketball star Dwyane Wade’s cousin, immediately linking that death to electoral concerns.
Trump drew an online backlash Saturday for a tweet he sent in response to the shooting death of National Basketball Association star Dwyane Wade’s cousin, who was gunned down near the Chicago school where she had planned to register her children. “Just what I have been saying”.
“You’re going to find out from Donald Trump very shortly”.
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“We can continue with the leadership that has left us with unsafe streets in our cities, failing schools, no jobs”, he said.
