Donald Trump: Mexico will pay for wall, "100%"

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US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has insisted Mexico will pay for a border wall "100%", in a major immigration speech.

He told a cheering crowd in Arizona that he would secure the border, and left open the possibility millions of illegal immigrants could be deported.

Hours earlier, he met the Mexican President Pena Nieto but said they did not discuss who would pay for the wall.

The president later insisted he had told Mr Trump Mexico would not pay.

There had been speculation that the Republican candidate would back off his plan to deport the estimated 11m undocumented immigrants living in the US.

How do you remove 11m people from the US?

In his speech in Phoenix, there were conflicting signals about this. He said their fate was not a "core issue" and that deporting "criminal aliens" would be the priority.

But he added: "Anyone who has entered the United States illegally is subject to deportation. That is what it means to have laws."

In a fiery speech, he said he would:

• Create a "special deportation force" focused on removing criminal immigrants


• Put the "well-being of the American people" first


• Introduce "extreme vetting" of immigrants to make sure they adhered to American values


• Protect the interests of African American and Hispanic workers who are losing out to immigrants arriving illegally


• Clamp down on people who overstay their visas

His Democratic rival Hillary Clinton was accused of wanting to grant amnesty to undocumented immigrants and failing to secure the borders.

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