A top aide in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said Tuesday that his candidate has been “remarkably consistent” with his immigration policies, including building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The remarks from Jason Miller, senior communications adviser for the Trump team, came moments after a tweet by the Republican nominee about his border wall proposal.
“From day one I said that I was going to build a great wall on the SOUTHERN BORDER, and much more,” Trump tweeted early Tuesday morning. “Stop illegal immigration. Watch Wednesday!”
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From day one I said that I was going to build a great wall on the SOUTHERN BORDER, and much more. Stop illegal immigration. Watch Wednesday!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2016
Miller affirmed his candidate’s commitment to the border wall on Fox News, as well as Trump’s push to end illegal immigration.
“What you’ve seen with Mr. Trump is he’s been remarkably consistent in his pledge to end illegal immigration,” Miller said. “We’re going to build the wall, we’re going to secure our borders, we’re going to enforce our immigration laws. We’re going to end sanctuary cities. We’re going to pass e-Verify and uphold the Constitution. That’s going to make a big difference in this country.”
“There will be a typical wall. There will be a physical wall on the Mexican border. As we know, Mexico’s gonna pay for it,” Miller added.
Miller reiterated that “nothing has changed with Mr. Trump’s stance” and repeated that his candidate has been “remarkably consistent.” But his defense comes in the wake of a Monday report that his surrogates have said that when he talks about the wall, he is talking about a technological or virtual wall — not a physical wall.
Trump himself has also indicated that he might be open to softening other aspects of his immigration plan, most importantly his earlier pledge to deport all illegal immigrants.
The Republican nominee is set to give an immigration speech Wednesday night in Phoenix. Miller said Trump would “give a little more broader vision of what we’re going to do about the illegal immigration problem.”
“And I don’t want to get too far out ahead of that,” Miller added. “That’s something that he’s going to do and quite frankly Hillary Clinton won’t.”
