Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more.
DONALD TRUMP’S VOW to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants if elected president appears to be undergoing changes, as the struggling Republican candidate reaches out to minorities alienated by his harsh rhetoric.
The controversial New York property developer intends to lay out specifics of his immigration plan over the next few weeks, Trump’s new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway has said.
Asked on CNN’s State of the Union whether they will include a “deportation force” that Trump has previously called for, Conway said: “To be determined.”
Trump met with Hispanic supporters at his Trump Tower headquarters in New York on Saturday, when several participants told Spanish-language network Univision that he said his plan will include finding a way to legalise millions of undocumented immigrants.
Univision quoted Jacob Monty, a Texas immigration lawyer who attended the meeting, as saying Trump acknowledged “that there is a big problem with the 11 million people who are here, and that deporting them is neither possible nor humane.”
Polls
The billionaire candidate has slid in polls since last month’s Republican convention.
According to Monty, he told the group of Hispanic conservatives that his plan would grant undocumented immigrants legal status “that wouldn’t be citizenship but would allow them to be here without fear of deportation”.
If true, it would mark a sharp reversal for a candidate who launched his campaign for the presidency with a vow to build a giant wall on Mexico’s border, while disparaging illegal immigrants from Mexico as criminals and rapists.
He has repeatedly called for mass deportations of people in the country illegally, a stance critics say is inhumane and unrealistic.
“What Donald Trump said yesterday in that meeting differed very little from what he’s said publicly, including in his convention speech last month in Cleveland,” Conway told CNN.
It’s that we need a, quote, fair and humane way of dealing with what is estimated to be about 11 million illegal immigrants in this country.
“Nothing was said yesterday that differs from what Mr Trump said previously,” she added.
“He supports making sure that we enforce the law, that we are respectful of those Americans who are looking for well-paying jobs and that we are fair and humane for those who live among us in this country.”
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
These floods have been going on for the last 3 days and the journal are the first to do a story on it, nothing in any of the other news sites
They’re trying to find a way to link it to Putin first.
Sad
You would think that when you can’t see the massive propaganda against Russia at the moment.
Do you actually believe that they are trying to link Rainfall to Putin?
No it was a joke ffs…
Albeit a bad one at that.
Joe, congratulations for being the first to link this to Putin.
Thank you Journal for sharing story on this. I contacted you last night about it so is very appreciated. I hope you keep covering it as situation is very bad and people need help. Badly. We are trying to organise something from Ireland but we have very little knowledge how to do it except privately sending small amounts of money which is not really help in moment as they need water, food, nappies etc for next few nights. Looks like all help or most of it is coming from few countries ( Russia among first) and ex Yugoslavian from other countries. Croatia and Slovenia send help as well even there is big risk in Croatia for same happening to them. Any further media cover keep donation to this people so thank you very much for it.
They need to get going on climate change mitigation soon as the situation is not going to get any better – it is not as if this was not predicted with a warming climate in the region. Big floods in Germany around the Danube last year when I was there too. Warmer air holds more moisture and leads to heavier rain and more storms – one of the basics of climate and meteorology. Every country needs to start mitigation work against the worst effects of climate change, because it is here now and it is not going away.
Geo engineering at its evil best
Proof?
have your say