Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he is open to "softening" laws dealing with immigrants in the country illegally, the latest sign that the Republican presidential nominee is considering easing the hardline stance he has taken since the beginning of his campaign.
Trump aides told the Arizona Republic on Wednesday that his speech would outline his immigration policy, but quickly backtracked and said he may address the issue but would focus on party unity.
Trump is expected to make an immigration speech soon.
In seeming to shift back towards his original position, Trump acknowledged that he would not be able to easily and efficiently deport all 11 million people at once.
At a rally in Akron, Ohio, on Monday night, Trump reiterated his pledge to build a wall on the U.S. -Mexico border to keep illegal immigrants out of the country. He went after MSNBC's "Morning Joe", tweeting that the show is "unwatchable!" and said its host, Mika Brzezinski, "is off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess!"
But Trump lamented crimes committed by undocumented immigrants and laid the deaths of American citizens killed by undocumented immigrants at the feet of "the policies of Hillary Clinton and (President) Barack Obama", before introducing eight mothers who lost their children to undocumented immigrant criminals.
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On Wednesday, Trump suggested he would allow exceptions to let some undocumented immigrants to stay in the USA, vowing he wouldn't grant them citizenship but telling Fox News, "there's no amnesty, but we work with them". "Except change his immigration policies", Coulter wrote in her new tome, "In Trump We Trust". Donald Trump himself said this was not a pivot.
"When they come back in, then they can start paying taxes, but there is no path to legalisation unless they leave the country and then come back".
Coulter suggested voters bypass the media and "go to the horse's mouth", adding Trump has been adept at communicating through his rallies and his Twitter feed. "We want to do it in a very humane manner".
"My guess is it's to try and be a little softer and gentler with the rhetoric, in the hopes of reaching suburban whites who are uncomfortable voting for a racist", said Frank Sharry, founder and executive director of the immigration advocacy group America's Voice. "They know who they are and they're going to be gone like so fast your head will spin ... okay ... so that's easy, right?" And since this is "a very, very hard thing", Trump has made a decision to be nice. "We're going to protect your jobs and your wages, we are going to protect them".
Trump, speaking to Fox News, said his get-tough immigration stance is still in place, but he is willing to "work with" undocumented families who have lived in the United States without issue for long periods of time.
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