The quote is from Trump on Bill O’Reilly in 2011. Trump’s immigration position was just as “nuanced” as everyone else’s until this year. And all he’s changed is now he says that the illegals have to be deported first, before the “good ones” can come back (permanently I guess).
http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2011/03/30/donald-trump-sits-down-bill-oreilly/
O’REILLY: OK. Now, the 15 million illegal aliens already in the United States. What do you do with them?
TRUMP: I think right now you’re going to have to do something and, you know, it’s hard to generalize. But you’re going to have to look at the individual people. See how they’ve done. See how productive they have been. See what their references are and then make a decision.
O’REILLY: And then make a decision. All right, on case by case. It’s going to take a long time and a lot of people.
TRUMP: A long time, but, you know, you have some great productive people that came in.
O’REILLY: No doubt.
TRUMP: And then you have some total disasters that probably should be in prison.
Thanks, Jedi! I appreciate the deciphering :)
I don’t see where Trump has specifically said ‘path to citizenship’, in that. Do you?