Clinton rejects Mexico invitation after Trump’s diplomatic ruckus

Among young whites, more say that Trump would better handle securing the border than Clinton, by a 57 percent to 19 percent margin, while 49 percent say Trump would deal with immigrants who are now living in the United States illegally, versus 31 percent for Clinton.

Trump reaffirmed in his immigration speech last week that no undocumented immigrants could hope to obtain legal status under his administration without first leaving the United States, but did not say outright that he would deport all estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Trump’s immigration incoherence can’t be good for his prospects in Florida.

“We’re going to enforce the laws of this country”. On Wednesday, he offered some numbers to indicate the size of the expanded federal police force needed, saying he would “triple the number of ICE deportation officers” and “hire 5,000 more Border Patrol agents”. And he vowed that no person living in the United States illegally would have a path to legal status without first leaving the country. On Monday the Republican nominee geared up for another round of immigration flip-flopping, telling reporters that he hasn’t made a decision on a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants.

He then talked about screening refugees, and no one who has seen the brutality wreaked by the Islamic State and other Islamic terror groups should object to that. Wednesday night, he began his speech by explaining it “won’t be a rally speech” but “a detailed policy address”. Trump has said that “62 percent of households headed by illegal immigrants” receive some welfare or food stamps, a “tremendous cost to our country” and “will be priorities for immediate removal”. The most effective place to cut illegal immigration is in the workplace, with a mandatory system of employer verification.

Instead, Trump focused on the need to secure the border and deport undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes in the U.S. and those who have overstayed their visas, and left the door open to reexamining the cases of the remaining millions of undocumented immigrants.

I listened politely as Trump spoke about building his wall, and understood that this was an appealing concept to many – including myself – who are troubled by the fluidity of our borders. “And we don’t know where we’ll be”.

Hillary Clinton has refused to go where Donald Trump went, rejecting an official invitation from the president of Mexico to visit his country. We now know there will be no “pivot” in his campaign playbook. We are getting close to the point where it will be too late if something dramatic isn’t done. We secure the border.

If Donald Trump makes it to the White House, white Americans will have handed him the keys. “That is not the kind of America he wants”. On border security he said, “I have to say Hillary would do a better job than Trump because Trump would just alienate and agitate the countries around us”. Pena Nieto remained silent on the issue at the event, but said later on Twitter that he made it clear Mexico would not pay for the wall. In addition to Trump himself, he’s the one who should pay for this wall. Conway, asked directly on “This Week” whether the Mexican president is “lying” about their encounter, said “they disagreed on that conversation”. “I think both parties are guilty of not giving the Latino community a lot of consideration for the issues that we really have”.

After flipping and flopping on the topic of immigration, perhaps Donald Trump has learned this lesson: His fans are not thirsting for a more humane, welcoming Republican candidate. “And he will have Mexico pay for it”.