Trump to visit border, a flashpoint in GOP race

July 22, 2015 at 11:02 a.m.

by The Associated Press

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump greets supporters before he speaks at his South Carolina Campaign Kickoff Rally in Bluffton, S.C., Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Donald Trump wouldn't apologize after questioning whether Sen. John McCain -- who spent five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War -- is a war hero.
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump greets supporters before he speaks at his South Carolina Campaign Kickoff Rally in Bluffton, S.C., Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Donald Trump wouldn't apologize after questioning whether Sen. John McCain -- who spent five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War -- is a war hero.

NEWARK, N.J. — Donald Trump, provocateur of the Republican presidential race, now plans to go the Mexican border, a flashpoint in the primary contest ever since he declared that immigrants from Mexico are rapists and drug dealers.

He will travel to Laredo, Texas, on Thursday, where he will hold a news conference at the border, meet members of the union that represents border control agents and speak to law enforcement officers, his campaign said.

Read Thursday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.


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