Trump’s son says no ‘flip-flop’ on immigration

“We believe the RNC official in the room, the campaign’s statement after the meeting and the candidate himself that Donald Trump’s immigration plan remains the same as it’s always been: tear apart families and deport 16 million people from the United States”, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said in a statement. That has raised questions about whether he will continue to call for forcibly deporting the 11 million people living in the United States illegally.

The Republican nominee – who is trailing Hillary Clinton by as much as 10 points in the polls and has alienated much of the Hispanic vote with his relentlessly anti-immigrant rhetoric and ideas – stressed that any new announcements would still be in line with his tough border-security policies and anti-terrorist efforts.

On Sunday, his new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, told CNN that Trump was committed to a “fair and humane” approach to those living in the country illegally.

Conway also said she understands after having joined the campaign that Trump can not release his tax returns while under audit – after having called for their release while working for a super PAC that backed Trump GOP primary rival Texas Sen.

Any easing of Trump’s hard-line stance on immigration – which also includes building a wall along the border with Mexico and temporarily banning Muslim immigrants – could alienate some of his most ardent supporters.

“He’s wrestling with how to do that”. “People that are here unlawfully, came into the country against our laws, are subject to being removed”.

Voters, Conway said, should be focused on how Trump’s plan could reduce their tax liability. “He’s thinking that through”. “This is more Trump moving from his gut reaction, his knee jerk reaction-‘illegal immigrants have gotta go’-to an actual policy”, Krikorian said in an interview.

“So what Donald Trump said yesterday in that meeting. varied little from what he has said publicly”, Conway said. Bannon joined the campaign with no electoral experience; instead, he heads the Brietbart News Network, an alt-right website that openly promotes Trump’s candidacy, derides other Republicans and is home to provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, who relishes his role as an Internet troll baiting women and liberals.

Asked about the new campaign CEO Bannon’s past criticism of Republican congressional leadership, the party chair said: “I’m never happy with unearned criticisms of either the national parties or great leaders like Paul Ryan”.

The aides’ comments appeared to be the latest sign that Trump’s newly installed management team may be trying to broaden his appeal to stem his steady fall in the polls with less than three months until election day.

Conway also says that as a pollster, she knows what voters really care about is their own tax rates, and she argues Trump offers a better plan on that than Democrat Hillary Clinton.