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Trump on immigration: 'We are going to obey the existing laws'

2016-08-23

[The Hill] Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday attempted to clarify his position on immigration, suggesting he would use similar tactics as President Obama and former President George W. Bush.

"We are going to obey the existing laws. Now, the existing laws are very strong. The existing laws, the first thing we are going to do if and when I win, is we are going to get rid of all of the bad ones," Trump said Monday on "The O'Reilly Factor."

"We have gang members. We have killers. We have a lot of bad people that have to get out of this country. We are going to get them out. And the police know who they are."

Trump said these people are known to law enforcement, alleging that they go around "killing people and hurting people."

"And they are going to be out of this country so fast your head will spin. We have existing laws that will allow you to do that as far as everybody else, we are going to go through the process," Trump said.

"What people don't know is that Obama got tremendous numbers of people out of the country. Bush, the same thing. Lots of people were brought out of the country with the existing laws. Well, I'm going to do the same thing and I just said that."

But the GOP nominee said he wanted to do this in a "humane manner."

Posted by:Besoeker

#8 This part is interesting:

"Trump struck a starkly different tone during an interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News that aired on Monday night. Trump said he would separate the country’s undocumented immigrants into two groups: The “bad ones” who would be kicked out of the country as soon as he takes office and “everybody else” who would go through the same process that the Obama Administration is currently using."

Posted by: Iblis 2016-08-23 14:54

#7 Tactically it is a smart move. Court the Latino vote that has been confused by the twisting of his words. Existing law says send illegals back which is what his policy has been. Build a wall to keep them out in the first place.

But really hammer anyone that employs illegals and you'll find they self-deport.

Then work on streamlining the proper immigration process and setting quotas from countries we want to see more of, and less from countries that just send trouble.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-08-23 14:14

#6 He's saying the current regime is lawless in the nicest possible way so that the media, soccer moms and pajama boys don't get the vapors.

Posted by: regular joe 2016-08-23 13:08

#5 Obeying the current laws is racis.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-08-23 12:29

#4 Obeying the current laws would be a great start, first call them what they are - illegal aliens - again, when an illegal commits a crime - kick them out immediately after their sentence is served, try to vote - kick them out and send them back to Mexico to vote, ask for a public hand out - agree that Mexico should give them one and send them back... I would be cool with all of the above.

Posted by: Tennessee 2016-08-23 10:25

#3 The Narodniy Komissariat Yustitsi'i (People's Justice Committee) has determined that you will be shot. The Clinton firing squad has a 21 January 2017 opening. The Trump firing squad has no openings until July or August at the earliest.

Which do you prefer ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-08-23 08:45

#2 As I'll keep posting. First secure the border otherwise its all a catch and release kabuki show. Second enforce the existing laws on employers. Then we'll talk.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-08-23 08:38

#1 So, Trump is backtracking on another one of his core policies? It's almost as if,during the primaries, he was just making provocative proposals he had no intention of following through with. Might need the Gomer Pyle graphic Mods.

Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-08-23 08:22

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