Trump vows ‘fair, but firm’ approach to illegal immigration

Donald Trump is postponing a major immigration speech he was set to deliver Thursday in Colorado as his campaign continues to fine-tune his immigration policy.

GOP officials insist presidential nominee Donald Trump is finally hitting his stride and will catch up with Democrat Hillary Clinton.

“What Donald Trump says is we need a fair and effective way to deal with the 11 million who are here, who live among us”, Conway said on CNBC on Monday.

Pressed on whether the candidate would carry out his plan to have a deportation force to remove undocumented immigrants living in the United States, Ms Conway told CNN it was “to be determined”.

Many national political campaigns depend more heavily on local media – especially in TV – because of key races in battleground states.

Trump’s immigration position has been a centerpiece of his campaign.

“What he supports is to make sure we enforce the law, that we are respectful of those Americans who are looking for jobs, and that we are fair and humane to those living among us”, Conway said on CNN’s State of the Union. While he declined to provide details, he said the plan will be “humane and ethical and treats everybody well, but we have to solve a problem”, referring to illegal immigration. A two-thirds insane, egotistical madman who believes he is the only person who can solve America’s problems and insults every friend and foe we have in the world? “We’ll get rid of the crime”.

In his Akron remarks, Trump, struggling to broaden his support beyond the white working-class voters who have been his base of support, again urged blacks and Hispanics to give him a chance, saying: “What the hell do you have to lose?” repeating a line he delivered on Friday that was criticized by Clinton as “ignorant”.

When asked how she would feel if Trump softened his stance to allow some illegal immigrants to remain, she said: “That would be a disappointment. And I think he’s going to get this thing back on track”, Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, said Sunday.

And amid talk of a shift, Trump made clear he had no interest in compromising another piece of his immigration plan – a massive wall along the U.S. -Mexico border. The strategy had helped propel Trump to winning the Republican presidential nomination, writes the New York Times.