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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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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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High country residents debate Trump’s Mexico stance
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Colorado Democrats say Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can soften his anti-Mexico stance all he wants, but the economic damage has already been done in key tourism markets like Vail that rely heavily on year-round Latin American visitors. Representatives of Trump for Colorado counter that Democrats are engaged in fear-mongering in order to get Hillary…
