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Subtlety is his thing but not theirs, apparently We talked last week about how just about everyone is getting Donald Trump’s position on immigration wrong. He is not going to round up 11 million people and deport them. Never was. Never will. What he’s said all along was that everyone in the U.S. illegally will be subject to deportation, which means that unlike Obama and Hillary he’s not going to concede up front that they’ll be given a pass for breaking the law. He will prioritize those who are lawbreakers or otherwise causing problems in deciding who to deport, but...

Make no mistake about it: Donald Trump’s trip to Mexico was a resounding success. After weeks of scrutiny over his credentials for higher office, his moral standing — even his sanity — Trump needed to restore some sense of legitimacy and strength to his flailing campaign. What better way to do so than to stand, statesman-like, next to the president of Mexico? Trump played the role to perfection. Subdued and even solemn, he owned the proceedings. Trump chose when and how he wanted to visit Mexico, a country he has insulted and maligned for more than a year. He established...

Here's an interesting quick, "back of the envelope" calculation of how many Mexicans have emigrated from their beloved homeland.Their government does maintain statistical records of births, deaths and overall population, which even an English speaker such as myself can find and download (link above).Take a look at this table of births & deaths: Year Birth death net Calculated Popn 1990 2,735,312 422,803 2,312,509 81,249,645 1991 2,756,447 411,131 2,345,316 83,594,961 1992 2,797,397 409,814 2,387,583 85,982,544 1993 2,839,686 416,335 2,423,351 88,405,895 1994 2,904,389 419,074 2,485,315 90,891,210 1995 2,750,444 430,278 2,320,166 93,211,376 1996 2,707,718 436,321 2,271,397 95,482,773 1997 2,698,425 440,437 2,257,988 97,740,761 1998...

Give that man a Nobel Peace Prize! Donald Trump — the modern day Paul Revere — rocked the political world when he jumped into the race last year warning about the invasion across America’s southern border that politicians in both parties had been desperately trying to cover up for years. Actually, Revere did not have it nearly so hard as Mr. Trump, who was branded a bigot and a racist and anti-American for simply arguing that America should enforce our duly-enacted immigration laws and secure our border. Mr. Trump stuck with the issue and rode it all the way to...

About five minutes into Donald Trump’s big immigration speech on Wednesday night, two things were clear: The glad-handing, diplomatic Trump had stayed in Mexico, and not a damn thing had changed about his immigration plan. [Snip] The speech immediately drew sharp criticism from Hillary Clinton backers. But here’s the funny thing about 2016: Many of the proposals Trump advocated have had support from Clinton herself. Part of the reason is—like most conservative immigration hawks—Trump focused on enforcing existing immigration laws rather than passing new legislation. And the laws that Trump wants enforced are, in some cases, laws Clinton has backed.

Donald Trump took his plan for a border wall to the doorstep of Mexico’s president Wednesday — only to be told there’s no way Mexico would pay for it. “At the beginning of the conversation with Donald Trump, I made it clear that Mexico will not pay for the wall,” President Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted soon after a private meeting and joint press conference with Trump. But later Wednesday, the GOP nominee doubled down on his promise to make Mexico pay during his long-awaited speech on immigration, in which he showed no signs of softening his positions as some had...

We’ve talked a lot about Donald Trump needing a change in the shape and trajectory of this presidential race in order to have a fighting chance in November. Most of our focus, though, has been on the chances for a change coming by the demerits of Hillary Clinton. What if she were charged with a crime? What if Team Putin sank her with some stolen documents? Trump, though, is taking the initiative today with the kind of bold move that could actually reset the race. Rather than waiting for Hillary to implode, Trump is trying to make his own luck...

Lately, Donald Trump seems to be recovering his momentum. After appearing mostly flat-footed since the GOP convention, he is back to his old table-upsetting self–today, with a quick trip to Mexico to meet with President Enrique Peña Nieto. The meeting implicitly gave Trump the status of a head of state, and much of the news coverage, like this headline at CNN, puts a positive spin on Trump’s mission: Of course we have a right to build a wall. I don’t see how anyone could argue to the contrary. In fact, federal law already requires a wall to be built; the...

Just one day after a traveling print pool was put in place for Donald Trump's campaign, the campaign is leaving the press behind on its big trip to Mexico on Wednesday. The last-minute trip to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was announced on Tuesday. And while there is a charter plane for the press traveling with Trump, their plane was directed to Phoenix where Trump will later give an immigration speech.[snip] But some Trump campaign reporters say purposely leaving behind the reporters who cover the candidate day in and day out may be on purpose.[snip]On the daily call...

A prominent Mexican TV news anchor is blasting Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for inviting Donald Trump to Mexico City. Jorge Ramos, anchor for Univision and Fusion, criticized Peña Nieto for not holding Trump accountable for some of his previous rhetoric on illegal immigration and Mexican-Americans. Instead, during a joint press conference in Mexico Wednesday, Peña affirmed that the two men would work together to end illegal immigration if Trump is elected president. "What a poor, lukewarm and fearful response by [Nieto] before Trump," Ramos tweeted in Spanish Wednesday. Where is the indignation to Trump's insults?" "Trump leaves Mexico without...

Wednesday, August 31, 2016: LIVE: Donald Trump and Mexican President Nieto News Conference

A fearless American went to Mexico and unapologetically nailed his position on the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. How good were the remarks?  Well, lets just say… we can fully anticipate the liberal U.S. media to go into combat mode; because candidate Donald J Trump articulated a full-throated, unapologetic and yet resoundingly ‘diplomatic’ America-First message to Mexican President Peña Neito….….and that’s what he did publicly. When Donald Trump and President Neito came to their collective podiums Trump was in hostile territory.  Neito speaking Spanish without a formal translator provided, and without presenting his remarks in advance to candidate Donald...

Today, Trump took a risk and won. He traveled to Mexico and gave a joint press conference with President Enrique Peña Nieto in which both parties appeared respectful of each other despite some obvious differences. “Mr. Trump and I had an open and constructive discussion,” President Peña Nieto said. He added, “The purpose of our meeting was to get to know each other and to exchange ideas and visions about bilateral relations of our countries.” For his part, Trump described his visit to Mexico as “a great honor.” One of the obvious areas of disagreement is how to handle the...

US Republican candidate Donald Trump has arrived in Mexico to meet President Enrique Pena Nieto. The trip is contentious as during his campaign Mr Trump has branded Mexican migrants "rapists" and "murderers", and vowed to build a wall along the border. He will face protests on his visit, with ex-President Vicente Fox among those saying he is not welcome. Mr Trump will later fly to Phoenix, Arizona, to deliver a key speech on measures to tackle illegal immigration.

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An open letter to Mr. Trump: Obama told us how the election will be stolen. Our government agencies are tripping over themselves to 'protect' our election integrity. I see nothing but the fox is racing to 'protect' the henhouse. The latest fox is Mr. Jeh Johnson who is following orders in refusing to enforce immigration laws! http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/homeland-eyes-special-declaration-to-take-charge-of-elections/article/2600592 With such knights in shining armor coming to the rescue, I have decided to write an open letter to Mr. Trump to sound the alarm and head them off. Dear Mr. Trump, Repeatedly, you have been advised, warned and alerted of the following:...

Authorities in San Diego County, California, have reportedly made the area's largest-ever cash seizure, drawing attention to the role of bulk cash smuggling as a simple yet enduringly popular money laundering method for transnational organized crime.

It is expected that Trump advisor and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, along with high-ranking Mexican officials, will attend the meeting. Officials expect the two leaders to make some statement following the meeting, but do not expect a full press conference. The trip is particularly historic for Trump in that no previous non-incumbent presidential nominee of a major party has ever travelled to Mexico as part of his campaign.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to detour from the campaign trail on Wednesday to visit Mexico and meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto at his invitation, a surprise trip scheduled just hours before Trump delivers an immigration policy speech in Arizona. Nieto and Trump each confirmed late Tuesday that Trump accepted the invitation and the two would meet in private Wednesday. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told Fox News the two would discuss illegal immigration, trade and drugs. Trump running mate Mike Pence also said they would begin a conversation about a proposed border wall, along with other issues.

Donald Trump is considering jetting to Mexico City on Wednesday for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, just hours before he delivers a high-stakes speech in Arizona to clarify his views on immigration policy, according to people in the United States and Mexico familiar with the discussions. The possibility, which was hatched in recent days by Trump and his campaign advisers, comes after Trump has wavered for weeks on whether he would continue to hold his hard-line positions on the central and incendiary issue of his campaign, in particular his call to deport an estimated 11 million immigrants...