Trump Floats Obama-Like Deportation Plan, and Fans Don’t Mind [View all]

[TomCADem]

Source: Bloomberg

Donald Trump is backing away from his call for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, and even some of his rally-going supporters say they’re fine with it.

If he wins the November election, the Republican presidential nominee said Monday, he would do “the same thing” as President Barack Obama in prioritizing the removal of criminals residing in the U.S. illegally, but “perhaps with a lot more energy.”

Trump appears to be heeding allies’ longstanding advice to soften his stance on deportations, which they worry is toxic to Hispanic voters, now that he faces Democrat Hillary Clinton—and troubling poll numbers–in a general election fewer than 80 days away.

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Trump’s alignment with Obama about deportation priorities is a departure from the Republican’s statement a year ago that all the estimated 11 million undocumented people in the U.S. “have to go” and that a “deportation force” could handle the job in as little as two years.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-08-23/trump-floats-obama-like-deportation-plan-and-fans-don-t-mind

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So, Trump is abandoning his signature issue of deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants where he heralds himself as the agent of change and is now embracing the status quo under President Obama? So much for being the agent of change.