Mexican president likely hurt by ‘ill-advised’ Trump meeting

Standing next to Pena Nieto, Trump said ending illegal immigration, not just from Mexico to the US but also from Central America into Mexico, would increase prosperity for both countries if they worked together.

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has vowed that anyone who is in the United States illegally would be subject to deportation if he is elected, sticking with his hardline position after flirting with a softer approach.

Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto still insisted after his meeting with the presidential candidate that his country will not pay for the wall.

Trump used the Phoenix speech to clarify his stance on illegal immigration after prevaricating on the issue last week. Trump promised a “zero tolerance” for undocumented immigrants who commit crimes.

Trump made a point of including in his ban the “dreamers”, present in the USA now as adults because they were brought to the country as minor children by their parents.

Officials went over swing states one by one with Eric Trump on Monday, showing that his father was lagging behind other Republicans in polls and warning that he lacks a path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency without a major shake-up, the report said.

That omission didn’t bother Dan Stein, who leads the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that pushes for stricter immigration policies. Her campaign called Trump’s performance part of his “campaign of hate”.

If the visit serves to moderate Trump’s rhetoric, then that might provide an explanation for Pena Nieto’s decision to see him in the first place, said Selee.

He said he would cancel the “illegal” Obama executive orders that have allowed some undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States, such as the so-called “Dreamers”, children who were brought in illegally by their parents. “It is deeply unpopular with voters, and profoundly un-American”.

Alfonso Aguilar, a former Trump critic who, along with other conservative Latino activists, wrote a letter in July endorsing Trump and encouraging Latinos to support him, told Politico that he felt “misled” after Wednesday’s speech.

And faced with central intrigue between the two – Trump’s demand that Mexico pay for the wall – Pena Nieto found himself already having to break with his new ally to tell his nation, via Twitter, that yes, the topic came up and that he told Trump he wasn’t having it.

“Mrs. Hillary Clinton and Mr. Donald Trump, I would like to express to both of them my greatest respect, my deepest respect”.

With the meeting held behind closed doors, it was impossible to know who was telling the truth.

Kaine said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” that even if Trump’s account is accurate, it showed he “folded under pressure” and “didn’t have the backbone” to discuss the issue with the Mexican president. “We agreed on the importance of ending the illegal flow of drugs, cash, guns and people across our border and to put the cartels out of business”, he said.