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Trump denies 'flip-flopping' on immigration

Published 23/08/2016, 00:12
© Reuters. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a round table discussion with law enforcement officials in Akron

By Ginger Gibson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insisted on Monday he was not changing his stance on immigration, despite a comment from a top aide who said his plan to deport 11 million illegal immigrants was still under review.

"I'm not flip-flopping. We want to come up with a really fair but firm answer," Trump told Fox News. He did not elaborate on his policy.

Trump had planned to deliver a speech on Thursday in Denver about his immigration policy, but that event has been postponed, a campaign official confirmed.

On Sunday, Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, was pressed repeatedly in a CNN interview on whether Trump would go ahead with a call he made in November to set up a "deportation force" to remove undocumented immigrants.

"To be determined," Conway said. She also said Trump was committed to a "fair and humane" approach to those living in the country illegally.

Trump's immigration position has been a centrepiece of his campaign. When he announced he was running for president, he called for construction of a wall along the nation's border with Mexico to stop undocumented immigrants from entering the country. He has insisted that he will make Mexico pay for the wall.

© Reuters. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a round table discussion with law enforcement officials in Akron

Trump also said that Mexico was sending "rapists" and "criminals" across the border.

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