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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 11:11 PM Aug 2016

Trump, shifting back, now says no legal status for all 11 million illegal immigrants

Source: Washington Post

Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to shift back to some version of the hard-line immigration posture he adopted in the GOP primaries, telling CNN that he does not support a path to legal status for illegal immigrants unless they leave the country and return legally.

The comment added a new layer of confusion to the GOP presidential nominee's position on one of his signature issues. This week, Trump and his aides have softened their rhetoric on immigration, signaling an openness to legalizing many of the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants despite Trump's long-standing vow to deport them all.

In a CNN interview that aired Thursday evening, Anderson Cooper asked Trump: "So if they haven’t committed a crime, is there going to be a path to legalization? I’m not talking about citizenship."

Trump responded: "First thing we’re going to do. No is not a path — there is no path to legalization unless people leave the country. When they come back in, if they come back in, then they can start paying taxes, but there is no path to legalization unless they leave the country and come back." In seeming to shift back toward his original position, Trump acknowledged that he would not be able to easily and efficiently deport all 11 million people at once. Trump said that "bad dudes" would be deported as soon as he took office, a group he described as containing "probably millions." He did not say what would happen to the remaining immigrants, but he did say "there is a very good chance" they would eventually be deported.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/25/trump-shifting-back-now-says-no-legal-status-for-all-11-million-illegal-immigrants/



How sweet, perhaps Trump can reconcile with Ann Coulter who seemed visibly depressed by his flip flop and seeming embrace of the status quo under President Obama. Now, we are back to deport all 11 million!
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Trump, shifting back, now says no legal status for all 11 million illegal immigrants (Original Post) TomCADem Aug 2016 OP
K&R uppityperson Aug 2016 #1
Does that include the 70,000 illegal Polish immigrants in Chicago? displacedtexan Aug 2016 #2
Because they're orange? ananda Aug 2016 #8
And what about the illegal Irish in Boston? area51 Aug 2016 #12
Trump is like Humpty Dumpty, he has fallen off the wall so often he will never Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #3
Now it's time to roll Humpty-Dumpty's ass Chicago1980 Aug 2016 #9
How will he know the bad dudes? Will it be a hybridization of the Phillipines and AZ going down? Person 2713 Aug 2016 #4
This man is an idiot. nt TeamPooka Aug 2016 #5
"they can start paying taxes" Does Donald pay taxes? sarcasmo Aug 2016 #6
His candidacy should come with free dramamine herding cats Aug 2016 #7
And a pairs of flip-flops ffr Aug 2016 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Grassy Knoll Aug 2016 #10
He gives me whiplash Liberal_in_LA Aug 2016 #13
Wait BLACK4EVER Aug 2016 #14

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
3. Trump is like Humpty Dumpty, he has fallen off the wall so often he will never
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 11:20 PM
Aug 2016

Be put back together, he is trying to fail at this point.

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)
4. How will he know the bad dudes? Will it be a hybridization of the Phillipines and AZ going down?
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 11:24 PM
Aug 2016

How he will know the bad dudes as he promises, right away
is my first question......

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
7. His candidacy should come with free dramamine
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 11:31 PM
Aug 2016

All this sudden back and forth isn't good for a person prone to motion sickness!

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