Immigration and security issues: the main themes of the first day of the Republican congress

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This week, the Republican Party will officially nominate Donald Trump as its presidential candidate and will launch the national election campaign, which will end with the November general elections 8.

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The first day of the Republican convention, which opens in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday, will be devoted to issues of national security and immigration.

Rick Perry, Governor of the Texas Border State, mother of an American killed in Benghazi in Libya, several immigration reform advocates, ex-mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani and Trump's wife Melania are expected to speak at the convention.

In an interview with Sunday's 60 Minutes program on CBS Trump, commenting on the situation in the world, made a statement that probably gives an idea of ​​the criticism that will be heard this week against President Barack Obama and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

“We need strength,” Trump said. - Obama is weak, Hillary is weak. And, in particular, we need law and order. We need strong borders. ”

Trump proposes to build a wall on the border of the United States and Mexico, as well as to ban Muslims from entering the country. He somewhat softened his position on the entry ban in the Sunday interview, saying that he would pay more attention to his country of origin.

“There are territories, terrorist states, terrorist countries from which we will not allow people to come to our country,” he said. - And we will have a practice called "extremely thorough checks."

Trump has repeatedly stated that he opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and pointed to the Senate vote in the Senate in support of this war. The vice presidential candidate proposed by Trump, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, also voted in support of this war as a member of the House of Representatives.

“I don’t care,” Trump said when asked to comment on Pens’s vote. - It was a long time ago. He voted like that, and they too were misled. Then people got more information. ”

At the same time, Trump said that he was not ready to give the same concession to Clinton in connection with her vote.

On Thursday, Trump will officially agree to become a Republican presidential candidate. Earlier in the primaries, he beat 16 other candidates.

Republican Party chairman Raines Pribus on Sunday expressed the hope that Trump’s speech in which he would accept the nomination would give voters the opportunity to see him as a credible leader.

While some Republican leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, will speak at the convention, some others, including former presidents George W. Bush and George W. Bush, as well as former presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt Romney, will not participate in the party forum .

Clinton will be nominated by the official Democratic candidate at the convention that will be held in Philadelphia next week.

The results of three new polls published on Sunday show that Clinton is ahead of Trump. A joint poll by ABC News and the Washington Post showed that Clinton supports 47% of voters, while Trump - 43%. The NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll gives Clinton 46%, and Trump gives 41%. Finally, a survey of CNN and ORC International gives Clinton 49%, Trump - 42%.

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