Wall Street Journal
By Heather Haddon
September 11, 2015
Donald
Trump estimated that it will take 18 months to two years to get the
roughly 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to leave the
country, and that he
would then build a wall running along the border with Mexico.
The
businessman’s statement made on a call with Alabama Republicans
Thursday night added a bit of specificity to the Republican presidential
frontrunner’s hardline stance
on immigration. Mr. Trump released a six-page policy paper on
immigration last month, and reporters have asked for details about how
it would work since.
The
Alabama Republican Party hosted the dial-in call with Mr. Trump
Thursday night as part of series with the 2016 presidential candidates.
Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Carly
Fiorina and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have also participated.
On
the call, Mr. Trump was asked for details about how long it would take
to round up illegal immigrants living in the U.S., with the questioner
asking if five or ten
years was an appropriate timeframe. Mr. Trump said his two year
benchmark could be met with “really good management.”
“We
have to get them out. If we have wonderful cases, they can come back in
but they have to come back in legally,” Mr. Trump said in an audio clip
posted on YouTube Thursday
night by a person on the call.
Mr.
Trump’s plan has been denounced by Democrats and many rival
Republicans, who have called it impractical and immoral, among other
criticisms.
Mr.
Trump said he would remove illegal immigrants from the country “so fast
that your head will spin,” and long before he could embark on his plan
to build a wall spanning
the 1,900 mile border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Mr. Trump also attacked Mr. Carson, and said the neurosurgeon couldn’t achieve the same results on immigration.
“It wouldn’t work for him because he has absolutely no management capability,” Mr. Trump said.
The
two men have led some recent GOP polls, and Mr. Trump has stepped up
his attacks of the neurosurgeon this week. Mr. Carson, in response,
questioned the depth of Mr.
Trump’s faith during a rally Wednesday night.
Zach
Bowman, the director of voter engagement for the Alabama GOP, confirmed
that call the call took place and that Mr. Trump laid out the timeline
for his immigration
proposal. Mr. Trump also stated that he would release a tax plan in the
next three weeks, Mr. Bowman said.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Trump didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
Many
of Mr. Trump’s Republican opponents attacked his immigration plan when
it was released and said it wasn’t realistic, including Florida Sen.
Marco Rubio, former Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and New Jersey
Gov. Chris Christie. Others, such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, stressed that they have similar ideas to Mr.
Trump’s on immigration. Mr. Cruz particularly applauded
Mr. Trump for raising the topic so forcefully.
Democrats
running for president have faulted Mr. Trump’s immigration ideas, with
former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley calling the businessman “racist”
and “hate-filled.”
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