Trump backs away from full mass deportation, but his speech packs a slew of hard-line proposals
Hillary Clinton delivers her concession speech next to her husband former President Bill Clinton at the New Yorker Hotel’s Grand Ballroom in New York.
(OLIVIER DOULIERY / POOL / EPA)Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters after her defeat last night to Donald Trump.
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(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)David Ramirez of Longwood, Fla., cheers as Fox News announces that Donald Trump will win Ohio at the Republican Party of Seminole County Election Watch event in Altamonte Springs near Orlando.
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(Gerry Broome / Associated Press)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives on stage for his final rally of the 2016 presidential campaign at Devos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, is joined on stage by first lady Michelle Obama, left, President Barack Obama, second from left, Chelsea Clinton, second from right, and former President Bill Clinton, right, after speaking at a rally at Independence Mall in Philadelphia.
(Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)Donald Trump is joined on stage by his famil (left to right) Lara Yunaska, Eric Trump, Vannessa Trump, Donald Trump Jr., vice presidential candidate Mike Pence, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Tiffany Trump during a campaign rally at the SNHU Arenain Manchester, N.H.
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(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)Lackawanna College Police Academy cadets and supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recite the pledge of allegiance at a rally at Lackawanna College in Scrantonon Monday.
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(David Zalubowski / AP)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton attends Sunday services at Mt. Airy Church of God and Christ November 6, 2016, in Philadelphia.
(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP/Getty Images)At a rally in Hershey, Pa., Donald Trump hugs a supporter whose son, also a Trump enthusiast, was killed in a recent car crash.
(Spencer Platt / Getty Images)Talan Lesher, 10, is dressed as Donald Trump at a campaign event in Hershey, Pa.
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(Chuck Burton / Associated Press)Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Omaha.
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DJ/producer Steve Aoki performs at a get-out-the-vote concert for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as part of Hillary for America’s “Love Trumps Hate” concert series at the Cox Pavilion on November 3 in Las Vegas. Aoki and former U.S. President Bill Clinton (not pictured) urged people to vote for Hillary Clinton and Nevada Democratic candidates during early voting and on Election Day.
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(John Locher / Associated Press)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign stop at UW-Eau Claire’s Zorn Arena in Eau Claire, Wis.
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(Jeweld Samad / AFP / Getty Images)Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the W.L. Zorn Arena November 1, 2016 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Wis.
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(Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Images)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is endorsed by former coach Bobby Knight during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids on Monday, Oct. 31.
(Nati Harnik / Associated Press)Dressed as Lady Liberty, Mary Simcox of Portland, Mich., and Laurie Sanger of Grand Rapids, costumed as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, attend a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Deltaplex Arena October 31, in Grand Rapids.
(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at New Mount Olive Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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(Jason Connolly / AFP / Getty Images)Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump bow their heads in prayer during the opening benediction of a campaign rally at the Bank of Colorado Arena on the campus of University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo.
(Jason Connolly / AFP / Getty Images)A phone bank volunteer takes photos of reporters during a visit by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before the beginning of a campaign rally at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo.
(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)Hillary Clinton arrives for a campaign rally at Palm Beach State College on Wednesday in Lake Worth, Fla.
(Joe Cavaretta / Sun Sentinel)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech in Charlotte, N.C.
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(Logan R. Cyprus / AFP / Getty Images)Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, accompanied by traveling press secretary Nick Merrill, right, brings pieces of birthday cake back to members of the media aboard her campaign plane while traveling to Westchester.
(Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)A new Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is being installed after it was vandalized.
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(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Chelsea Clinton speaks during a campaign rally stop for her mother, presidentia candidate Hillary Clinton at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, in Stevens Point, Wis.
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(Jacob Byk / Post-Crescent)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at an early vote rally at Broward College in Coconut Creek, Florida.
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(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cheer as he speaks during a campaign rally in Ambridge, Penn. on Monday.
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(Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Henderson Pavilion in Henderson, Nev., on Oct. 5, 2016.
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(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Terrence O’Hagan wears his support.
(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a campaign rally at Coral Springs Gymnasium on Sept. 30.
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(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Sept. 30 in Novi, Mich.
(Spencer Platt / Getty Images)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is presented with a traditional Cuban shirt after speaking at a town hall meeting with members of the Hispanic community the morning after his first debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida.
(Spencer Platt / Getty Images)Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a campaign rally at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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(John Locher / Associated Press)Supporters listen as Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves a restaurant, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Miami.
(John Locher / Associated Press)Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves as she boards her campaign plane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican nominee Donald Trump leave the stage after the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
(Timothy Clary / AFP/Getty Images)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton after the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
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(John Locher / Associated Press)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks as Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens during the Presidential Debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
(Pool Photo)Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives for a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York.
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(Drew Angerer / Getty Images)ansas City Chiefs fans wear Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump masks during the game bethween the Chiefs and the New York Jets at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
(Jamie Squire / Getty Images)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and son Eric Trump, stop at Geno’s Steaks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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(Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)Hillary Clinton boards her campaign plane at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y.
(Matt Rourke / Associated Press)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at Frontline Outreach Youth & Family Center in Orlando, Fla.
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(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)A marquee in Washington, D.C., advertises the American City Diner’s viewing of the first presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, to be held Sept. 26 in New York.
(Jim Lo Scalzo / European Pressphoto Agency)Hillary Clinton greets Anastasia Somoza after Somoza introduced the Democratic nominee at a campaign stop in Orlando, Fla.
(Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Kenansville, N.C.
(Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images)Donald Trump welcomes running mate Mike Pence to the stage at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo, Ohio.
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(Angelo Merendino / Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at the Germain Arena in Estero, Florida.
(Joe Raedle / Getty Images)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton walks to a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Palace Hotel in New York.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Kenansville, N.C.
(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, as Clinton Campaign Chair John Podesta, left, looks on in New York.
(Matt Rourke / Associated Press)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Germain Arena in Ft. Myers, Fla.
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(Cristobal Herrer / EPA )Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with attendees after speaking at Temple University on September 19, 2016 in Philadelphia, Penn.
(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP/Getty Images)People wait in line to see Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speak during a campaign rally at the Germain Arena on September 19, 2016 in Estero, Fla.
(Joe Raedle / Getty Images)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton walks to a podium to speak with members of the media at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 19.
(Matt Rourke / Associated Press)Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says President Barack Obama was born in the United States, during a campaign event at the Trump International Hotel, Sept. 16, in Washington.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)A Trump supporter holds a t-shirt referring to a comment made by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton ahead of a campaign event by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Trump International Hotel, in Washington.
(Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton arrives at Laguardia International Airport, in East Elmhurst, N.Y., Friday, Sept. 16. Clinton will attend a fundraiser and tape a segment with The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
(Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)Democratic presidential nominee speaks during the Black Women’s Agenda’s 29th Annual Symposium on Sept. 16, 2016 in Washington.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Presidential candidate Donald Trump appears with host Jimmy Fallon during a taping of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” n New York.
(Andrew Lipovsky / NBC)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a campaign rally at UNC Greensboro on September 15, 2016. Hillary Clinton is beginning to campaign again after taking three days off the trail to recover from pneumonia.
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(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a lunch hosted by the Economic Club of New York in New York City.
(Spencer Platt / Getty Images)People wait in line for theater tickets as an animated digital billboard supporting Donald Trump plays behind them in Times Square in New York City
(Drew Angerer / Getty Images)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a rally at UNC Greensboro September.
(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / Getty Images)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton prepares to board her campaign plane at Westchester County Airport on September 15 in White Plains. Clinton is beginning to campaign again after taking three days off the trail to recover from pneumonia.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Republican presidential hopeful Donald J. Trump holds Tristan Murphy, 1, following a campaign event with his daughter, Ivanka, at the Aston Township Community Center in Aston, Pennsylvania.
(Mark Makela / Getty Images)Former President Bill Clinton pauses for a selfie with a supporter at a coffee shop while campaigning for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles.
(Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)Chelsea Clinton takes photos with supporters during a stop to campaign on behalf of her mother Hillary Clinton in Durham N.C.
(Bernard Thomas / Herald-Sun)President Barack Obama speaks in support of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for president oat Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, Pa.
(Michael Bryant / Philadelphia Inquirer)Mason Halliburton of Omaha, Neb. waits for the arrival of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to a campaign rally in Clive, Iowa.
(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)Republican vice presidental candidate Gov. Mike Pence, left, joins Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and other members of the House GOP leadership for a news conference following a weekly policy meeting at the Republican headquaters on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to a caller on the other end of the phone line as volunteers man a phone bank prior to a rally at U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
(Brian Blanco / Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, in Asheville, N.C.
(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)Democratic vice presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine contrasts a book “Stronger Together,” put out by the Hillary Clinton campaign to one put out by Republican candidate Donald Trump called, “Crippled America,” during a campaign stop at Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton. Ohio.
(Chris Stewart / Dayton Daily News)Democratic presidental nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at September 11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on September 11, 2016 in New York City.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum fifteen years after the day in New York City.
(Spencer Platt / Getty Images)Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during he LGBT for Hillary Gala at Cipriani Club in New York City.
(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Tom Lehane, left, a Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump supporter, has a disagreement with Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton supporter Hila Minshen prior to a Trump rally at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida.
(Mark Wallheiser / Getty Images)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pays his respects to the late Phyllis Schlafly before her funeral at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis.
(Lisa Johnston / Pool Photo)Donald Trump speaks before the funeral for Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly at Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.
(Robert Cohen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (w listens to the views of educator Dr. Mary Rice during a small group roundtable held at the Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy.
(Thomas Ondrey / Plain Dealer)Vice Presidential Candidate and current Governor of Indiana Mike Pence talks about the similarities between former President Ronald Reagan and Presidential candidate Donald Trump as he addressed a crowd of supporters at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to the press at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York.
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(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)Donald Trump backed off his plan to forcibly deport all 11 million people in the U.S. illegally on Wednesday. But his speech outlining his immigration policy was hardly the “softening” he had floated.
In a much-anticipated address, Trump delivered a raft of hard-line proposals, including new limits and entry criteria for legal immigrants, promises to crack down on welfare abusers, proposals to end the automatic renewal of visa programs and a pledge to deny legal status to anyone who remains in the country illegally.
“Our message to the world will be this: You cannot obtain legal status or obtain citizenship in the United States by illegally entering our country,” Trump said to cheers from thousands of supporters here. “People will know that you can’t just smuggle in, hunker down, and wait to be legalized.… Those days are over.”
By cutting off any chance of legal status for those here illegally, Trump would force those not deported under his plan to return home on their own before applying for entry.
Trump’s call to curb legal immigration to match “historical norms” was new for him and striking. Depending on how Trump defines those norms, they could mean a major shift in U.S. policy, sharply reducing net new immigration for years to come.
Trump also said those who would be allowed in would face new criteria “based on merit,” including their ability to be financially self-sufficient. Current policy awards preference to those with family already in the country.
“We take anybody, just come on in,” Trump said. “Not anymore.”
He laid heavy blame on immigrants crossing “open borders” for displacing American workers and threatening their security, using the kind of rhetoric that has pleased his core supporters but risks turning off more moderate Republicans and independents.
The appearance, which included emotional testimonials from people who lost loved ones in violent acts committed by immigrants, whipped the crowd into an unusually animated frenzy, even by the standards of Trump’s rowdy rallies.
Trump, in appealing to his most conservative supporters, tried to move past a week of vacillating on immigration, his signature issue, by asserting that the question of what to do with 11 million people in the U.S illegally is not central to the problem.
“Anyone who tells you that the core issue is the needs of those living here illegally has simply spent too much time in Washington,” Trump said to cheers.
Rather, Trump said that President Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s policies are to blame for “countless American” deaths at the hands of immigrants in the country illegally. He said the main problem with the immigration system is that it serves the needs of wealthy donors, interest groups and politicians. He warned that Clinton was planning to broadly expand her powers if elected, in defiance of the Constitution, to grant increased “executive amnesty.”
Trump, who has gone back and forth on his prior pledge to use a special force to round up the 11 million immigrants in the country without authorization, tried to reframe the debate with a new plan that includes what he termed a deportation task force, but said it would focus on those who have committed crimes, overstayed their visas or abused government benefits. He suggested that as many as 2 million people who have committed criminal acts would be deported quickly after his inauguration.
Other parts of his plan, like adding 5,000 Border Patrol agents, echo legislation that passed the U.S. Senate in 2013 that would have added 20,000 border agents — four times as many as Trump suggests. Trump was highly critical of that proposal during the Republican primary, singling out Florida Sen. Marco Rubio for his role in drafting it. The bill eventually died in Congress.
Other plans include his long-promised border wall. He did not specify whether it would be entirely a physical structure, which would likely be impractical and prohibitively expensive in many areas marked by natural geographic features. He also reiterated his promise that Mexico would pay for the wall, something Mexican officials including President Enrique Peña Nieto have called a nonstarter. Trump did not offer alternative plans to pay for it.
Trump’s speech capped a whirlwind day in which he made a last-minute stop in Mexico City to meet with Peña Nieto for an hour, intensifying attention on Trump’s sharp rhetoric on immigration and Mexican trade.
Trump’s immigration views rocketed him to the top of the GOP field and propelled him to the Republican nomination, but the issue has bedeviled him in the general election campaign. Only about 1 in 5 Latino voters supports him, according to a recent Fox News poll. Some strategists believe his sharp tone and unsparing policy proposals may also be dragging down his support among other groups of voters who recoil at the vision of rounding up 11 million immigrants or blanch when Trump labels those crossing the Mexican border “rapists” and other criminals.
Trump’s speech came in Arizona, the heart of some of the nation’s fiercest immigration fights. Droves of supporters began lining up outside the convention center in 102-degree heat hours before Trump arrived.
Despite the focus on illegal immigration, the numbers are actually down. More Mexican immigrants and their children went back to Mexico from the U.S. between 2009 and 2014 than came to the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center.
Arizona is one of many traditionally conservative states in the West that has mainstream Republican strategists concerned about the GOP’s hard-line turn on immigration — both in this election and what it portends for the future.
Voters in Arizona have supported only one Democrat for president since 1952. But the state’s large and growing Latino population has put the state on the map for Democrats. Polls there show a tight race between Trump and Clinton.
Bierman reported from Washington and Mehta from Phoenix. Times staff writer David Lauter contributed reporting from Washington.
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UPDATES:
9:40 p.m.: This story was updated with changes throughout.
8:30 p.m.: This story was updated with more details from Trump’s speech.
7:30 p.m.: This story was updated with details from Trump’s speech.
7:15 a.m.: This story was updated with comment from Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
5:10 a.m.: This story was updated with details on Trump’s planned visit to Mexico.
This story was originally published at 3 a.m.
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Noah Bierman covers the White House in Washington, D.C., for the Los Angeles Times. He previously wrote for the paper’s national desk.
Seema Mehta is a reporter who covered the 2020 campaign, the fourth presidential race she has written about for the Los Angeles Times. She started at the Times in 1998 and recently completed a Knight-Wallace fellowship at the University of Michigan.
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