The proposed border wall was central to Trump's immigration policy, aiming to prevent illegal immigration from Mexico.

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The proposed border wall was central to Trump's immigration policy, aiming to prevent illegal immigration from Mexico.

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Donald Trump on Wednesday squashed any speculation that he might soften his immigration position to reach new voters in the final stretch of the 2016 campaign, delivering a hawkish, hardline, and true-to-his-roots border platform.
Trump’s central campaign plank was his pledge to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.
On Day One, we will begin working on an impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful southern border wall,” Trump said during a major speech on immigration in Phoenix.
Trump launched his campaign last June pledging to build a “great, great wall on our southern border”.

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