41 percent of people who strongly support Trump thought undocumented immigrants were taking jobs Americans want; only 29 percent of moderate Trump supporters thought so.
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Trump then went on to clarify that the hypothetical softer position would include “no amnesty”, “no citizenship”, and would require anyone staying in the country to pay back taxes. And as we work our way through this, there will be people lost in the shadows, as others say, years down the road, and it doesn’t trouble me if they live in the shadows and we don’t find them, if they’re not running contrary to the law.
Overall, Trump’s supporters are split on how they view immigrants in the country illegally – according to a new survey from Pew Research Center, only 50 percent of Trump supporters agree that “undocumented immigrants now living in the US are more likely than USA citizens to commit serious crimes”. Leaked portions of that meeting suggested that the Manhattan billionaire would soften his immigration stance. At the same time, he has supported a hard line in some speeches. On Wednesday, for instance, during a rally in Tampa in which he appealed to Latino voters, particularly Puerto Ricans, Trump spoke of making life better for Hispanics who are here legally by cracking down on those who are not, such as visa overstays.
Meanwhile, one of Trump’s most reliable allies made plans to aid him this fall.
In a Hannity town hall interview that aired on Fox News Wednesday night, Donald Trump was finally pinned down on whether or not he was abandoning his commitment to deport all 11 million undocumented people living in the United States.
Later, Trump tried a slightly more formal voting procedure to settle the same question-whether undocumented immigrants who don’t have criminal records and aren’t affiliated with gangs should be deported immediately, or put through some sort of screening process.
Calling it “a exhausted, disgusting argument”, he said it was Clinton who was being a “racist” by viewing minorities merely as a source of votes while doing nothing for them. Forget about it. Trump is now “softening” that ridiculous pledge, which he could never have carried out, into a new policy in which “we work with them”. While 29 percent is not a large number, those two numbers combined represent change: it’s the first time more people favor citizenship than favor increased security. I meet thousands and thousands of people on this subject, and I’ve had very strong people come up to me, really great, great people come up to me, and they’ve said, ‘Mr. And that’s a little unfair to people but we’re going to let people come in anyway. People love him in Texas, and he was one great governor, ” said Trump. “They are going to be out of here even faster than you can throw them out, I’m telling you”.
“When I look at the rooms and I have this all over, now everybody agrees we get the bad ones out”, Trump said.
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Trump critics immediately assailed the mogul as disingenuous. Which is to say, there is bipartisan support for every immigration reform package Congress has ever killed. “We need specifics and coherent policy proposals on immigrants and immigration from the Republican presidential nominee”.
