Cincinnati – Some Hispanic Trump Backers Pull Support After Immigration Speech

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    Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., August 31, 2016.   REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Cincinnati – Some Hispanic backers of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pulled their support after he stood by his hardline immigration stance and said anyone in the United States illegally would be subject to deportation if he were president.

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    Alfonso Aguilar, president of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles advocacy group, said on Thursday he felt “disappointed and misled” by a fiery Trump speech in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday that dashed the hopes of conservative Latinos that the businessman would soften his views on immigration.

    While polls show a large majority of Hispanic voters oppose Trump, the withdrawal of support from among of his small group of Latino backers underscores how difficult it is for Trump to broaden his support with minorities and moderate voters.

    Aguilar said he had expected Trump to take a more compassionate approach to people in the country illegally after recent signs that his position was softening as the Nov. 8 election approaches.

    “For the last two months he said he was not going to deport people without criminal records. He actually said that he was going to treat undocumented immigrants without criminal records in a humane and compassionate way,” Aguilar, the former chief of the U.S. Office of Citizenship under former Republican President George W. Bush, told CNN.

    Aguilar said he opposed the policies of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton but he was withdrawing support for Trump.

    In his Phoenix address, flagged as a major policy speech, Trump said that the only path to legal status for illegal immigrants was to leave and apply for re-entry. He also repeated a campaign promise to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that country would pay for it.

    Jacob Monty, a Texas attorney who advised Trump, said the New Yorker had appeared to be moving toward a “reasonable, pro-business” immigration plan.

    “He rejected that tonight and so I must reject him,” Monty wrote on Facebook on Wednesday night.

    At an appearance in Ohio on Thursday, Trump again hammered home his tough message on illegal immigration.

    “We are going to uphold the laws of the nation and defend our sovereignty and security and we are going to defend our border,” he told the American Legion veterans’ group in Cincinnati.


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    Frish
    Frish
    7 years ago

    Just that u understand CLEARLY . A hater is a hater. Don’t be fooled , one who hates , hates all, its not only the immigrants he hates he hates every class minority above all Jews.
    Its only a smoke screen to blame the immigrants. All bigats target the vulnerable and people with weak defense capabilities. But dont be fooled their ultimate motive is scary. We dont need to look back centuries. A mere 70 years ago is a lesson we should NEVER FORGET.
    Now! all the above is not to sugarcoat or dismiss the big problem of illegal immigrants, yes language, culture & borders are key to our existence as a nation. And unfortunately the Hillary- Obama liberal approach is the extreme opposite which is also dangerous. And there fore a medium must be developed.
    Which I humbly suggest that all illegal’s in the country already be given a fair chance to obtain citizenship, and yes due to an unruly world hv them very scrutinized if they hv criminal pastsor they pose a security ir economic risk to us as a nation.
    And us jewish people as a nation that had its share of exiles and pleading for mercy from great goverments as the one we luve in should give much heart to all those fleeing thier misery in the opressed countries they come to.
    Remember “you love one you love all, you hate one you hate all”
    May hashem hv rachmunus on us and send moshiach to take us to eretz yisroel with the new beis hamikdish NOW!!!