In latest hedge, Trump says immigration laws can be softened

Trump also told the Fox News host that he would not make use of detention centers, though it’s as yet unclear where undocumented immigrants would be held if he were to use a deportation task force to round them up. He said he would be more anxious about criminals and gang members rather than ordinary individuals who aren’t involved in a lot of violent crime.

Trump’s immigration policies are still being worked out, his running mate, Mike Pence, told CBS News’ Major Garrett while aboard Pence’s plane, nicknamed “Trump Force 2”. That proposal excited many of his core supporters, but alienated Hispanic voters who could be pivotal in key states. “What I’m doing is following the law.We’re going to obey the existing laws”.

At an Austin rally on Tuesday night 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. “They’ve gone through a process”, Trump said, emphasizing he’s referring to people who have done so legally.

“The first thing we’re going to do is going to if and when I win, is we’re going to get rid of all of the bad ones – we got gang members, we have killers, we have a lot of bad people that have to get out of this country”.

Trump has also vowed his wall will include “a big, fat attractive door right in the middle of the wall” to allow immigrants to come into the USA legally. “What people don’t know is that Obama got tremendous numbers of people out of the country, Bush the same thing”, he said. The billionaire has yet to refute that policy but has instead pushed for banning people from countries with heavy terrorist activity and where the United States government can not adequately vet visa applicants.

Trump’s alignment with Obama about deportation priorities is a departure from the Republican’s statement a year ago that all the estimated 11 million undocumented people in the U.S.

Trump them brought up addiction and said that drugs are coming into country “through largely the southern border”.

O’Reilly then mentioned detention centers, prompting Trump to quickly shoot down the idea of keeping undocumented immigrants in detention centers.

“So I feel very, very strongly about immigration and having a stronger border”.

“I would not call it mass deportations”, Trump said, without hinting at whether he was rejecting the terminology or the policy.

“He’s playing the other side’s game”, Krikorian said. And you’ll say, ‘You know, he meant it.’ And you know what else I mean? “Guess we won’t need Mexico to build that wall”.

Democrats and immigrant-rights activists are skeptical.

“There certainly can be a softening because we’re not looking to hurt people”, Trump said in his response.

America’s Voice founder Frank Sharry dismissed Trump’s shift as purely rhetorical.

If Trump’s New Immigration Plan Sounds Familiar, That’s Because Obama Is Already Enforcing ItRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump. “We’re going to build the wall, folks”, the 70-year-old New Yorker reportedly said Monday at a rally in Akron, Ohio.

We’re going to build a wall.