Trump cites problems with border security in Laredo visit

And a touch of self-delusion perhaps also. “I believe in what he’s throwing out there”, Villegas said.

At every stop, his visit seemed to draw more journalists than locals.

“They weren’t insulted”, Trump said, “because the press misinterprets my words”.

He had arrived a man rebuffed in another way too.

The two never appeared on stage together, but Arpaio said that he spoke with Trump before and after the mogul addressed 4,000 cheering supporters – many of whom said they were drawn to the Phoenix Convention Center by Trump’s border rhetoric – and that Trump called him after the event. “There is nothing more important than what I am doing”.

He says “it’s a great danger”, but “I have to do it”. What, exactly, did he think should happen to the 11 million undocumented immigrants already living in the United States? “They say there’s great danger”, he repeated, “but I have to do this”.

Even as immigration remains a hot topic, the number of people emigrating from Mexico to the United States, legally and illegally, peaked in 2003 and has fallen by more than half since then, according to research published on Wednesday by the University of New Hampshire. “They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists”. John McCain was received poorly in Menlo Park. He said he preferred those who don’t get captured.

That was after Perry denounced Trump’s campaign as a “cancer on conservatism” and a “barking carnival act” in a speech that defined “Trumpism” as “a toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness and nonsense that will lead the Republican Party to perdition if pursued”.

The RNC had issued a statement saying remarks by Trump, who on Saturday disputed the heroism of McCain, who was held prisoner for five years during the Vietnam War, had “no place in our party or our country”. But it also has an nearly carnival-like seat-of-pants quality.

However, lawmakers and other well-known officials routinely visit the area and tour border facilities at the country’s busiest inland port. The trouble was, the co-ordinates pinpointed a remote location in south-western China close to a different border, the one with Burma. However, American voters in general view Trump negatively, with just 29 percent seeing him favorably compared to 61 percent who dislike him. Six Democrats joined the Republican majority.

Trump said the RNC was “always supportive” when he donated to the conservative party, the newspaper reported. I hate to tell you.

On Fox News, Rubio said of Trump: “I don’t think the way he has behaved over the past few weeks is either dignified or worthy of the office he seeks”.

“There is an issue with the people that are coming across, however, the true facts and the way he stated them are night and day”, Blair said.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, with the crossing as a backdrop, Laredo City Manager Jesus Olivares said the border fence Trump has been calling for was not on their list of priorities. Trump said yes, promised to show reporters the proof, provided no further details and moved on to the next question.

A small knot of protesters had gathered at the airport to greet him. But he claimed a “great relationship” with Hispanics, even as Latino leaders have come at him with blistering criticism for his painting Mexican immigrants as criminals. “It’s a lie and it’s not fair and we demand an apology”.