Amid signs from his campaign that he was reconsidering his past support for deporting all 11 million people believed to be in the US illegally, Trump struck a conciliatory note in a town hall-style interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
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But the event was dominated by raucous audience support for Trump’s policies aimed at stopping illegal immigration, such as his promise to build a wall on the U.S. -Mexico border.
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“If they’ve done well, they’re going out and they’re coming back legally”, he told Pelley. Though she and the rest of her group said they were all-in for the billionaire, Mills said she was especially encouraged by Trump’s restraint in recent days – particularly on immigration.
“We’re going to obey the existing laws”.
Nine of Georgia’s top 10 Republican donors of the 2016 cycle had not given money to Trump or the super PACs boosting his campaign through June, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks campaign finance.
“They’re great people in some cases, and I guess in some cases, maybe not”, he told Hannity.
“As far as everybody else, we’re going to go through the process, ” he said.
“Why would anyone be surprised that Trump has pivoted to becoming the “amnesty” candidate?” said Republican strategist Rick Tyler, a former spokesman for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a conservative.
The US government Bureau of Labour Statistics found that the official unemployment rate for black Americans between the ages of 16 and 24 was 18.7 per cent, or less than a third of the figure Trump claimed.
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 US with Mexico and make Mexico pay for it.
“Mr. Trump is the only one who can protect your children from being slaughtered like my son was”, said Gibboney, who said her son was killed by an undocumented immigrant. “We call this the King of Debt loophole, since Trump likes to brag that he’s the king of debt”, Kaine said. “I’ll straighten it out”, he added. Suggesting that Black people will favor a classist Republican candidate who aims to shut down organizations like Black Lives Matter (and others fighting for socioeconomic equality for African-Americans over the nation’s first Black president who put several policies in place that greatly benefitted Black people) is bogus and ridiculous.
An estimated 11.6 million undocumented immigrants are already in the country, which raises economic concerns about the impact on legal citizens.
In Austin, Trump trained his sights on border security as he reached the illegal immigration section of his stump speech.
One of the mothers, who did not say her name, pointed to the need to deport undocumented immigrants, regardless of whether they are criminals – the very policy Trump appears to be rethinking.
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The literal million-dollar question is whether Trump, having forgiven .5 million in loans to his campaign in July, is now trying to avoid being left holding the bag (or at least reduce the size of it).
