Thursday, September 1, 2016

PKG: Trump's immigration plan sparks heated reaction in two countries

There's been heated reaction in both Mexico and the United States after Donald Trump unveiled a ten point plan that he says will deal with what he calls the country's immigration crisis.


He's vowing to deport up to 2 million people living illegally in the United States "within the first hour" of his Presidency.


He's also insisted that Mexico will pay for the construction of a wall along the US border.


But Mr. Trump, back in the United States after a brief visit to Mexico City, struck a far more aggressive tone than he did during his meeting on Wednesday with the Mexican President.


Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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Not for the first time in this Presidential election campaign, there have been two Donald Trumps on display over the past 36 hours.

There was the Donald Trump standing alongside the Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto…and sounding conciliatory about people he has previously characterized as "criminals, murderers and rapists".


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And then, just a matter of hours later, back in the US,  there was the more rabid Donald Trump….throwing raw meat at his supporters and vowing once again to build a wall along the Mexican border, and deport millions of immigrants he says are orchestrating a crime wave in America.


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So, which Donald Trump to believe?

His supporters say they're backing the man who - wherever he goes - promises to put "America First".


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That's former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer…herself no shrinking violet in the conservative stakes.

She says those people who say the US Congress will never vote to authorize the wall's construction aren't taking into account Donald Trump's determination.


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But other Republicans are galloping to distance themselves from Mr. Trump.

Several members of his National Hispanic Advisory Council said his angry speech in Arizona was the last straw.

Among them, Jacob Monty.


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Democrats are of course piling in, even as polls show Hillary Clinton losing some of the lead she  established over Mr. Trump last month.

Vice President Joe Biden.


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And in Mexico…fury not just with Donald Trump but also with the Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto.


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Jose Carreno is the international editor for the Mexican newspaper Excelsior.

He says Donald Trump used his host as a prop, and then lied on both sides of the US/Mexico border.


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The Trump team believe that in at least one regard they did out-maneouvre Hillary Clinton this week.

The alacrity with which they accepted the invitation to visit Mexico means the Republican candidate got there before her and ends the week with something new in his arsenal:  images of him standing alongside a world leader and holding his own on foreign soil.


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