Trump: I'll have 11 million illegals gone in 2 years
'We have to get them out'
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DOUGLAS ERNST
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Billionaire Donald Trump told Alabama Republicans on Thursday that it would likely take two years to deport 11 million illegal immigrants.
Donald Trump thinks he can ship out 11 million immigrants in two years if he is elected president.
The front-runner for the Republican 2016 presidential nomination told a group of Alabama Republicans on Thursday night that it would logistically take 18 months to two years to send back all of America’s illegal immigrants back to Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported.
“We have to get them out. If we have wonderful cases, they can come back in, but they have to come back in legally,” Trump said during his call with the group, the newspaper reported.
Zach Bowman, the director of voter engagement for the Alabama GOP, confirmed the call took place with the newspaper. A Trump spokesman didn’t return a request for comment by the time the Journal’s story was published.
Response to Trump’s comments were positive on the Free Republic, although the 11 million figure was seen as inaccurate.
“Anyone who believes in the 11 million figure also believes in the tooth fairy,” said one individual.
“Trump knows it’s likely 30 million or more. He said it before,” said another.
A CNN/ORC Poll released Thursday revealed Trump is the first Republican candidate to top 30 percent support. Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson garnered second place with 19 percent, CNN reported.
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Donald Trump Says Immigrant Deportations Done in Two Years
11:59 am ET
Sep 11, 2015
By Heather Haddon
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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