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After shifts, where exactly DOES Trump stand on immigration?
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Aug 29, 2016
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After shifts, where exactly DOES Trump stand on immigration?
He was stridently against illegal immigration at the start of his campaign. But he's signaled shifts in his position, lately, that Republicans are unsure of his stands.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump takes the stage for a campaign event at Fredericksburg Expo Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump takes the stage for a campaign event at Fredericksburg Expo Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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He was stridently against illegal immigration at the start of his campaign. But he's signaled shifts in his position, lately, that Republicans are unsure of his stands.

Donald Trump hit to the presidential scene fast by taking a hard stance on illegal immigration.

But he's diverged from that position often enough, lately, that it's left Democrats AND Republicans wondering where exactly Trump stands.

At first, he called for a "deportation force" to remove the nation's some 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Last week, however, he said there might be a "softening" of his position.

And on Wednesday, he plans to make a major speech on illegal immigration. 

Take Two chats with Republican strategist Mike Madrid about who he's appealing to with these shifts, and if he's keeping ahold of the people who first made him popular.