--- title: Donald Trump Talks NBC, Univision, Macy's Backlash Over Immigration description: Donald Trump said on Saturday he wasn't expecting business backlash over his immigration views to be "quite this severe." canonical: https://time.com/3946013/donald-trump-immigration-business/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-05T19:51:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:37.302Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Says He Didn't Expect Response to Immigration Comments to Be 'Quite This Severe' og:description: Trump has accused Mexican immigrants of "bringing drugs" and "bringing crime" og:url: https://time.com/3946013/donald-trump-immigration-business/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43b8c9f861148fbe/69885996e53aba23994de76a/donald-trump5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Business Backlash Mexican Immigrants og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Says He Didn't Expect Response to Immigration Comments to Be 'Quite This Severe' twitter:description: Trump has accused Mexican immigrants of "bringing drugs" and "bringing crime" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43b8c9f861148fbe/69885996e53aba23994de76a/donald-trump5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Says He Didn't Expect Response to Immigration Comments to Be 'Quite This Severe' > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump speaks with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on June 29, 2015 in Chicago.Michael Tercha—Chicago Tribune/Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Jul 5, 2015 7:51 PM UTC Business mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Saturday that he wasn’t expecting such harsh corporate backlash to his incendiary comments about Mexican immigrants. Trump, who lost [a string of business partners](http://time.com/3944471/donald-trump-mexican-immigrants/) after saying that Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs, bringing crime, they’re rapists,” conceded during a [Fox News interview](http://video.foxnews.com/v/4337605569001/donald-trump-on-arrest-of-illegal-immigrant-for-sf-murder/?#sp=show-clips) that he “didn’t know it was going to be quite this severe, but I really knew it was going to be bad.” Among those who have [cut ties](http://fortune.com/2015/07/02/donald-trump/) with the billionaire include Macy’s, NBC Universal, Ora TV, Serta and Univision, the last of which [Trump has sued for $500 million](https://fortune.com/2015/06/30/donald-trump-lawsuit-univision/) after the Spanish-language network cancelled plans to air the July 12 Miss USA pageant. Some other GOP candidates, including Marco Rubio, himself the son of immigrants from Cuba, have blasted Trump for his [“offensive and divisive”](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/04/donald-trump-marco-rubio-mexico-immigrants) comments. The real estate mogul continued to voice his controversial views this week, when a young woman was [gunned down](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-kathryn-steinle-death-pier-14-shows-need-border-n386646) at a San Francisco tourist spot in an apparent random shooting by a suspect whom police said is an undocumented immigrant. “We have many cases like this, but nobody wants to talk about it,” Trump said of the incident. “It seems like I’m sort a whipping post because I bring it up.” ### LIFE's Best Convention Photos: The GOP  Scene at the 1968 Republican National Convention, Miami Beach, Florida. Ralph Crane—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  Scene at the 1968 Republican National Convention, Miami Beach, Florida. 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