Warns CPAC that immigration reform is a "suicide mission"

In a keynote speech at CPAC, Trump warned Republicans that passing comprehensive immigration reform would be a "suicide mission," claiming that "11 million illegals" would inevitably vote Democratic. He also lamented that European immigrants couldn't enter the U.S. while others could, foreshadowing his 2016 rhetoric. The speech was delivered to a partially empty ballroom but signaled his sharpening nativist platform.

"It's a suicide mission. You're just not going to get those votes." — Speech at CPAC regarding immigration reform, March 15, 2013