Trump’s Phoenix visit to highlight GOP immigration split

“I think he’s a wrecking ball for the future of the Republican Party with the Hispanic community and we need to push back”, Graham said in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” Sunday.

“I have a lot of hope for my age group”, said Martinez, who is a Mexican immigrant.

He said Trump’s ascendancy could potentially discredit the whole party. “We can’t worry about what Donald Trump might do”. Saturday’s event in Phoenix was originally scheduled to be held at a nearby hotel, but, according to local Republican officials, demand soared in recent days, prompting the move to the larger venue. Trump said at a rally at the Phoenix, Arizona convention center.

“He calls a spade a spade and is the only one willing to say it like it is”, said Wines, a registered Republican and ardent Arpaio supporter from Surprise, Ariz.

The family members standing with Trump said that he was the only presidential candidate speaking out against illegal immigration.

Mason even thinks Trump could win. “I don’t think this is how you get the latino vote”. “Illegals coming across the border are an issue here”. Trump has called the fatal shooting of Kate Steinle, 32, “Yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately”.

Trump churned countless headlines recently when he characterized most immigrants crossing the southern border as criminals and rapists.

Among Democrats, ex- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the choice for 48.3 percent with Sen.

Trump rapped Bush as indecisive. Again, Mexico was a target. “Well, Mexico does similar things”.

“This is absolutely unbelievable”, said Trump.

“I’m really smart”, he said.

Throughout the speech, Trump made some positive comments about people from Mexico. “They’re phenomenal people. I love them”. A slew of corporations, including Macy’s, NBC and ESPN, responded to his inflammatory remarks by severing business ties with the real estate magnate. “I mean, right here in your own state you have John McCain”.

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best…”

Trump insisted that the furor over his remarks would not harm his prospects at the polls. The 69-year-old billionaire was trying to make a point about the problem of illegal immigrants who come here and commit crimes, but he was winging it and he messed up. Accused gunman Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez was in the country illegally and previously had been deported.

As he did earlier on Saturday during a speech in Las Vegas, Trump brought on stage Jamiel Shaw Sr., whose high school student son, Jamiel Jr., was killed in 2008 by an undocumented immigrant.

Trump said the parents he met with told him that “whenever somebody hears that it was an illegal that was involved with the death of their children, it becomes politically incorrect for a politician to help them”.