Donald Trump’s contradictory signals on immigration have left it unclear how far he is retreating from his primary-season pledge to deport all undocumented immigrants.
But it is clear that any step back from his signature call for mass deportation in the policy speech he has scheduled for Wednesday in Arizona would represent a distinct break from the voters who provided the cornerstone of his winning coalition during the Republican nomination fight. In fact, Republicans who support deporting undocumented immigrants supplied Trump’s margin of victory in most of the key contests before he broke open the race in April. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein & Leah Askarinam, The Atlantic