The Latest: Trump says people in US illegally must leave.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hugs a woman, whose child was killed by a person living in the country without legal permission, after delivering an immigration policy speech during a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York) The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):
10:40 p.m.
Donald Trump is reaffirming that people in the U.S. illegally cannot receive legal status, despite recently suggesting he might be softening his stance on immigration.
Trump is telling thousands of supporters in Phoenix that "you cannot obtain legal status by entering the country illegally."
His immigration plan will not offer a path to legal status or citizenship: "There will be no amnesty."
Those here illegally have "one route and one route only: To return home and apply for re-entry like anybody else."
Trump says the United States welcomes immigrants but "they have to come into our country legally and properly vetted and in a manner that serves the national interest."
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10:30 p.m.
Donald Trump says he will force nations to accept the return of their citizens who have been deported from the U.S. after being accused of crimes.
Trump says the U.S. "will ensure that other countries take their people back when we order them deported." He is not offering any details.
Trump claims at least 23 countries refuse to take their citizens back after they've been ordered to leave.
He says, "Not going to happen with me folks. Not gonna happen."
Trump is claiming that 13,000 people in the U.S. illegally who were ordered back to their home counties remained in the U.S. between 2008 and 2012, and committed more crimes, including killings, sexual assaults and "some of the most heinous crimes imaginable."
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10:20 p.m.
Donald Trump is continuing his tough talk on immigration, saying anyone who entered the country illegally "will be subject to deportation" if he's elected president.
Trump is delivering a long-awaited speech on immigration and says "no one" among the 11 million people who are in the United States illegally "will be immune or exempt from enforcement" on his watch.
But Trump says he will set priorities for removing people from the United States.
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10:10 p.m.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he will order the immediate detention of all known immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been arrested for crimes.
He says on the first day in office he will "issue detainers for illegal immigrants who are arrested" and initiate immediate proceedings to remove them.
For people caught crossing the border illegally, Trump referenced the 1950s-era "Operation Wetback." He said "we will take them great distances" instead of sending them just across the U.S. border.
Trump said, "We will take them to the country where they came from."
He said his administration will take a hard line on those who have been arrested for crimes. He said the U.S. will be "moving them out on Day One."
To thunderous applause, Trump continues that he will seek legislation to block federal funding for so-called sanctuary cities that shelter immigrants in the country illegally.
