Despite Mixed Signals, Trump Continues to Embrace Hardline on Immigration
A gentler tone isn’t winning over critics in the pro-immigration community, and it’s upsetting some of his most ardent supporters.
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Donald Trump has sparked a flurry of confusion about his stance on immigration, a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, with mixed signals from the candidate and his top advisers over the last week.
Despite floating a "softening" when it comes to undocumented immigrants and his top aides promising a "fair" and "humane" policy, the totality of Trump's recent remarks reveals only one meaningful change in his immigration platform: an apparent retreat from mass deportation. Trump said on his Twitter account Sunday evening that he will make a “major speech” on immigration Wednesday in Arizona.