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Trump surrogates: Republican's position on immigration has not changed
Source: The Guardian
Trump surrogates: Republican's position on immigration has not changed
Mike Pence and Chris Christie suggest Trump’s message has been
consistent – but no aide will confirm that he still plans to launch
‘deportation force
Tom McCarthy
Sunday 28 August 2016 18.05 BST
Any shift the public may detect in immigration proposals advanced by Donald Trump is a figment of the imagination, top Trump surrogates said in a coordinated maneuver on Sunday.
After a week in which multiple conflicting statements by the candidate drew expressions of concern from the anti-immigration right that Trump was softening on the issue, the Trump campaign spoke with one voice: Trump’s position has not changed.
Yet no Trump aide would say on Sunday that Trump still proposes, as he did last fall, to follow through on perhaps his most radical suggestion, to use a “deportation force” to eject the estimated 11 to 12 million undocumented migrants living in the United States.
Trump’s promise through the primary campaign season of a quick expulsion of millions of people helped him strike a contrast with competitors, who backed more inflected reform policies, and establish his bona fides as an extreme change agent.
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Mike Pence and Chris Christie suggest Trump’s message has been
consistent – but no aide will confirm that he still plans to launch
‘deportation force
Tom McCarthy
Sunday 28 August 2016 18.05 BST
Any shift the public may detect in immigration proposals advanced by Donald Trump is a figment of the imagination, top Trump surrogates said in a coordinated maneuver on Sunday.
After a week in which multiple conflicting statements by the candidate drew expressions of concern from the anti-immigration right that Trump was softening on the issue, the Trump campaign spoke with one voice: Trump’s position has not changed.
Yet no Trump aide would say on Sunday that Trump still proposes, as he did last fall, to follow through on perhaps his most radical suggestion, to use a “deportation force” to eject the estimated 11 to 12 million undocumented migrants living in the United States.
Trump’s promise through the primary campaign season of a quick expulsion of millions of people helped him strike a contrast with competitors, who backed more inflected reform policies, and establish his bona fides as an extreme change agent.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/28/donald-trump-immigration-plan-deportation-mike-pence
