Trump Launches Long-Awaited Immigration Speech

ByMEGHAN KENEALLY ABCNews logo
Thursday, September 1, 2016

Donald Trump has started giving his long-awaited immigration speech in Phoenix tonight after touching down in the U.S. after a surprise visit to Mexico.

Trump has been talking about his campaign's immigration policy for more than a week and had been touting the speech in Phoenix for days before announcing the trip to Mexico late Tuesday night.

He launched into his immigration talk after noting that he had just "returned from a very important and special meeting" with Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, who Trump said "truly loves his country, Mexico."

"It was a thoughtful and substantive conversation and it will go on for a while, and in the end, we're all going to win. Both countries -- we're all going to win," Trump said.

Sen. Jeff Sessions and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who both flew to Mexico with Trump earlier in the day, addressed the crowd before Gov. Mike Pence introduced Trump at tonight's event.

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