--- title: How Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Keeps Spinning description: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump traded barbs on racism and bigotry. Donald Trump's immigration flip-flop continues. canonical: https://time.com/4468132/how-donald-trumps-immigration-policy-keeps-spinning/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-26T14:30:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:13:20.404Z article:section: Politics og:title: How Donald Trump's Immigration Policy Keeps Spinning og:description: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump traded barbs on racism and bigotry. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Aug 26, 2016 2:30 PM UTC **_If you only read one thing:_** _Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded barbs on racism and bigotry Thursday. The day opened with the fallout of Trump calling Clinton a bigot, because she was allegedly taking the African-American community for granted. Trump spoke in Manchester, N.H., to repeat the charge, then defended himself from charges of racism, Islamophobia, and prejudice. Clinton was next up, from Reno, Nev., to deliver a much-previewed speech on the Alt-Right movement and Trump’s courting of those with radical viewpoints. Her campaign released a_ [_video_](https://www.facebook.com/hillaryclinton/videos/1225833670806493/?hc%5Fref=NEWSFEED) _attacking Trump for garnering the support of the KKK and other extremist groups. Clinton avoided calling Trump a racist directly, but accused him of hiring and spending time with them. The speech by Clinton to counter Trump’s efforts to soften his appeal—particularly among white voters worried about voting for Trump for those reasons._ Trump’s immigration flip-flop saga continues, as he maintained Thursday that those in the U.S. illegally would have to leave in order to earn legal status and that he was opposed to a path to citizenship. This comes after he appeared to embrace Jeb Bush’s position on comprehensive immigration reform late Wednesday. The head-spinning inconsistency is a reflection of Trump’s lack of interest in the details of issues, and his desire to try to be all-things to all people. But on such a polarizing issue, he’s leaving many frustrated. Trump’s campaign CEO was once charged in a domestic violence case. Maine’s governor goes after the Khans. 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