Trump doubles down on illegal immigration
By Associated Press in Phoenix, Arizona | China Daily | Updated: 2016-09-02 09:02
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday that anyone who is in the United States illegally would be subject to deportation if he is elected, sticking with his hardline position after flirting with a softer approach.
In a major speech in the border state of Arizona, Trump took a dim view of the 11 million people who crossed into the US illegally, a week after saying many were "great people" who had lived in the country for years and contributed to US society.
He said all people in the US illegally would have "only one route" to gain legal status if Trump were to win the Nov 8 presidential election: "To return home and apply for re-entry."
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