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Monday, July 13, 2015

Republicans Still Weighing In on Donald Trump’s Immigrant Stance

Wall Street Journal
By Elizabeth Williamson
July 12, 2015

Donald Trump’s position on illegal immigrants drew further reaction Sunday from fellow Republican presidential hopefuls and from leaders of a party looking to attract more Hispanic voters in 2016.

“Clearly most of the candidates have disagreed with his assertions with regard to our border and certainly I disagree,” House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said on CBS. “Other candidates out there have much more responsible positions, in my view.”

When he announced his bid for the GOP nomination nearly a month ago, Mr. Trump said many Mexicans crossing the border are “rapists” who are bringing drugs and crime into the U.S.

Mr. Trump has since lost commercial contracts with Macy’s, NBC, Univision and others, but he hasn’t backed down. Saturday night before a large crowd in Arizona, he proposed the Mexican government pay the U.S. $100,000 for every illegal Mexican immigrant apprehended in this country.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus spoke with Mr. Trump by phone last week, urging him to tone down his rhetoric on immigration. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a GOP presidential hopeful, on Sunday called on Mr. Priebus and all in the Republican Party to publicly repudiate the mogul’s comments.

“If we do not reject this way of thinking—clearly, without any ambiguity—we will have lost our way. We will have lost the moral authority in my view to govern this great nation,” Mr. Graham told CNN on Sunday. He added that immigration “is a hard problem and needs to be solved.”

Mr. Trump, in a CNN interview, has hit back at Republican critics, calling candidates Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio—both of whom have criticized his characterization of immigrants—“weak on immigration.”

Mr. Trump told CNN he had “great respect” for Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, a GOP candidate who has praised Mr. Trump’s speaking out on immigration. “He had the courage to back me up and to say that what I’m saying is right,” Mr. Trump said.


Other 2016 GOP candidates have spoken cautiously about the issue. Carly Fiorina said Sunday that Mr. Trump “taps into an anger that I hear every day.” Speaking on ABC, Ms. Fiorina said, “People are angry that a common-sense thing like securing the border or ending sanctuary cities is somehow considered extreme. It’s not extreme, it’s common sense.”

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