Wall Street Journal
By Reid Epstein
January 28, 2016
The
latest TV ad broadside against Republican presidential front-runner
Donald Trump features footage of him backing citizenship for
undocumented immigrants
after his campaign launched and accused him of profiting from illegal
workers.
The
new 60-second ad is part of a $1 million Iowa TV ad buy from Our
Principles PAC, an anti-Trump group run by former Mitt Romney aide Katie
Packer.
It
begins by noting that Mr. Trump is skipping Thursday’s Fox News debate
in Des Moines because “Trump can’t handle tough questions, like why he’d
let millions
of illegal immigrants stay in America and even supports a pathway to citizenship.”
Mr.
Trump has made staunch opposition to illegal immigration a centerpiece
of his campaign. In his mid-June announcement speech he referred to
Mexicans as
“rapists” and has since proposed deporting some 11 million undocumented
people.
But
the ad contains footage from a late June Chicago appearance in which
Mr. Trump appears to favor allowing illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship.
“You
have to give them a path and you have to make it possible for them to
succeed,” Mr. Trump says in the ad. “You have to do that.”
Mr. Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The
ad comes as Mr. Trump has taken a lead over rival Ted Cruz before
Monday’s Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest in the Republican
presidential contest.
Mr. Cruz on Wednesday launched his most pointed attacks to date against
Mr. Trump, reminding voters in West Des Moines that the New Yorker once
supported abortion rights, gay marriage and the 2009 economic stimulus
packaged pushed by President Barack Obama.
The
advertisement concludes by accusing Mr. Trump of using illegal workers
to build his namesake hotels in New York and Washington.
“Why
does Trump support amnesty? Maybe because Trump makes big money off
illegal immigrants,” the ad’s narrator intones. “Amnesty for illegal
immigrants.
Big money for himself. Can conservatives trust Donald Trump?
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