Trump: Open borders will end if I’m elected

Donald Trump, who has made a hard-line stance on immigration a centrepiece of his presidential campaign, has asserted that “not one more American life should be given up in the name of open borders”, writes Jonathan Lemire in Houston.

Donald Trump, who has made a hard-line stance on immigration a centrepiece of his presidential campaign, has asserted that “not one more American life should be given up in the name of open borders”, writes Jonathan Lemire in Houston.

“All across this country, dining room tables have an empty seat because the government abandoned its duty and has not enforced its basic laws,” the Republican presidential nominee told a gathering of the Remembrance Project, a group founded to remember those killed by people living illegally in the US and to press for tougher laws.