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I'd like to hear from Trump's most ardent supporters on this. Borders and illegal immigration was one of his biggest campaign issues. Unless there's some strategy involved here I'm not smart enough to see, it appears he's flipping on one of the foundational issues he ran on.
I enthusiastically supported Trump, but that has to be taken into context. His greatest appeal was actually having a good chance to win which, contrary to propagandist polls, I recognized early on. In his absence, we would have had ¡Jeb! shoved up our asses, who in turn would have had his ass handed to him in the general election just like Romney, McStupid, and Dole, and so far as I am concerned, anyone with half a brain should be able to see that pattern where the media carries the weakest Republican who can manage to get any traction in order to set him up for the kill in November. Simply breaking that cycle and avoiding Hillary in the White House was enough for me as I would rather have someone who is not my first choice rather than a sworn enemy. I considered anything accomplished beyond that a bonus.
My guess with Trump and immigration is that...
He may have come off more harsh than he really is in order to establish a bargaining position which will allow him to 'compromise' and end up with what he really wanted.
He may really want to lock down the border and deport anyone here illegally but has come to the realization that the chamber-o-commerce RINOs won't have any of it, nor will the Democrats.
He may be sufficiently tired of trying in vain to push legislation that he has deliberately set a time bomb that congress HAS to address in some way other than saying, "mañana" and repeating themselves tomorrow, and the next day, and the next decade.
He may have something else up his sleeve yet to be revealed as he has shown a habit of being less than predictable.