illegal immigration
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Duran: Why we must stand against Trump’s campaign of hate
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In less than two months, voters will go to the polls and decide whether the next president of the United States will be Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. In the time we have left this election cycle, it’s more urgent than ever to show Trump for what he is: a fear-mongering bully whose election to…
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For Donald Trump, a day of political whiplash on immigration
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For weeks, Donald Trump flirted with a self-described “softening” of the hard-line immigration policies that propelled him to the Republican nomination, raising the hopes of party officials, some Hispanic leaders and skeptical voters unnerved by his presidential candidacy. On Wednesday, he appeared on the brink of embracing that shift as he traveled to Mexico for a dramatic…
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Trump vows to remove millions living in country illegally
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Seeking to end confusion over his aggressive but recently muddled language on immigration, Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to remove millions of people living in the country illegally if he becomes president, warning that failure to do so would jeopardize the “well-being of the American people.” Yet the Republican presidential nominee failed to outline what he would do…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump on immigration
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EDITOR’S NOTE – A look at the veracity of claims by political figures. A look at some of his statements after a meeting with Mexico’s president Wednesday and his immigration-focused night rally: ___ TRUMP, on people illegally in the U.S.: “They’re treated better than our vets.” THE FACTS: People in the country illegally do not…
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Mexico angry at president’s ‘humiliating’ meeting with Trump
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Mexico’s president was savaged on social media and in political circles following his joint press conference Wednesday with Donald Trump, with many seeing a national humiliation in his welcoming of a man who has derided migrants as rapists and criminals. President Enrique Pena Nieto said Mexicans felt “aggrieved” and had disagreements with the Republican presidential…
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Mexico wonders why its president is meeting with Trump
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President Enrique Pena Nieto awoke to a storm of criticism from Mexicans over his decision to meet Wednesday with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who is widely reviled in Mexico for referring to its migrants as rapists and criminals. Immigrant rights activist Maria Garcia said she was already rushing out of her house Wednesday morning to…
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Trump heads to Mexico before laying out immigration policy
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Donald Trump is making a quick trip to Mexico on Wednesday, meeting with the president of a nation he derided at the start of his White House campaign as a source of rapists and criminals coming to the United States. The trip, a politically risky move with just 10 weeks until Election Day, comes just…
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Trump’s waffle on deportation highlights campaign’s challenges
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Donald Trump and his aides used to say that voters didn’t care about the nitty-gritty of policy details. But now those details are tripping up his campaign. For more than a week now, as he’s tried to shine the spotlight on his rival, Trump has appeared to wrestle with one of his signature proposals: A pledge to expel everyone…
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Trump plans detailed immigration talk as questions remain
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Donald Trump says he’ll deliver a detailed speech Wednesday on his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration – but it’s anyone’s guess what he will say. The announcement came late Sunday in a tweet by the Republican presidential nominee after days of wavering – and at least one canceled speech – on a question central to…