my opponent has called for a radical 550% increase in syrian think of this. think of this. this is not believable. but this is what's happening. a 550% increase in syrian refugees on top of the existing massive refugee flows coming into our country already. under the leadership of president obama. she proposes this despite the fact that there's no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from. i only want to admit individuals

support our values and love our people. [ cheers and applause ] anyone who endorses violence, hatred or oppression is not welcome in our country and never ever will be. decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for african-american and latino workers. we are going to have an immigration system that works,

but one that works for the american people. [ cheers and applause ] on monday, we heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants -- mary ann mendoza, sabine durden, and my friend jamiel shaw. they are just three brave representatives of many thousands who have suffered so gravely. of all my travels in this country, nothing has affected me more. nothing even close, i have to tell you, than the time i have spent with the mothers and fathers who have lost

children to violence, spilling across our borders. which we can solve. we have to solve it. [ cheers and applause ] these families have no special interests to represent them. there are no demonstrators to protect them and certainly none to protest on their behalf. my opponent will never meet with them, or share in their pain. believe me. instead, my opponent wants sanctuary cities. [ booing ] but where was the sanctuary for kate steinle? [ applause ] where was the sanctuary for the

children of mary ann, and sabine and jamiel? where was the sanctuary for all the other -- it's so sad to be talking about it, because we can solve this problem so quickly. where was the sanctuary for all of the americans who have been so brutally murdered, and who have suffered so horribly? these wounded american families have been alone. but they aren't alone any longer. [ cheers and applause ] tonight, this candidate and the whole nation stand in their corner to support them, to send them our love, and to pledge in th

countless more families from suffering in the same awful fate. [ cheers and applause ] we are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence. and to stop the drugs from pouring into our communities. [ cheers and applause ] i have been honored to receive the endorsement of america's

border patrol agents. [ applause ] and will work directly with them to protect the integrity of our lawful, lawful, lawful immigration system. lawful. [ cheers and applause ] by ending catch-and-release on the border, we will end the cycle of human smuggling and violence. illegal border crossings will go down. we will stop it. it won't be happening very much anymore, believe me. [ cheers and applause ] peace will be restored. by enforcing the rules for millions who overstay their visas, our laws will finally receive the respect they deserve. [ cheers and applause ]

tonight, i want every american whose demands for immigration security have been denied, and every politician who has denied them, to listen very, very closely to the words i am about to say. on january 20th of 2017, the day i take the oath of office, americans will finally wake up in a country where the laws of the united states are enforced. [ cheers and applause ]

we are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. but my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens. [ cheers and applause ] usa! usa! usa! my plan is the exact opposite of the radical and dangerous immigration policy of hillary clinton. americans want relief from uncontrolled immigration.

communities want relief. yet hillary clinton is proposing mass amnesty, mass immigration, and mass lawlessness. [ booing ] her plan will overwhelm your schools and hospitals, further reduce your jobs and wages, and make it harder for recent immigrants to escape the tremendous cycle of poverty they're going through right now, and make it almost impossible for them to join the middle class. i have a different vision for our workers. it begins with a new fair trade policy that protects our jobs and stands up to countries that cheat.

of which there are many. [ applause ] it's been a signature message of my campaign from day one, and it will be a signature feature of my presidency from the moment i take the oath of office. [ cheers and applause ] i have made billions of dollars in business making deals. now i'm going to make our country rich again. [ cheers and applause ] using the greatest business people in the world, which our country has, i'm going to turn our bad trade agreements into great trade agreements.

[ cheers and applause ] america has lost nearly one-third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by bill and hillary clinton. [ booing ] remember, it was bill clinton who signed nafta, one of the worst economic deals ever made by our country. or, frankly, any other country. never, ever again. [ cheers and applause ] i am going to bring back our jobs to ohio, and pennsylvania, and new york, and michigan and to all of america. and i am not going to let companies move to other countries, firing their

consequence. not going to happen anymore. [ cheers and applause ] my opponent, on the other hand, has supported virtually every trade agreement that has been destroying our middle class. she supported nafta, and she supported china's entrance into the world trade organization. pan colossal mistakes and disasters. she supported the job-killing trade deal with south korea. she supported the trans-pacific partnership, which will not only destroy our manufacturing, but it will make america subject to the rulings of foreign governmes.

and it's not going to happen. [ cheers and applause ] i pledge to never sign any trade agreement that hurts our workers, or that diminishes our freedom and our independence. we will never, ever sign bad trade deals. america first, again. america first. [ cheers and applause ] instead, i will make individual deals with individual countries. no longer will we enter into these massive transactions, with many countries, that are thousands of pages long, and which no one from our country

even reads or understands. [ applause ] we are going to enforce all trade violations against any country that cheats. [ cheers and applause ] this includes stopping china's outrageous theft of intellectual property, along with their illegal product dumping, and their devastating currency manipulation. they are the greatest that ever came about, they are the greatest currency manipulators ever. our horrible trade agreements with china, and many others, will be totally renegotiated. that includes renegotiating nafta to get a much better deal

and we'll walk away if we don't get that kind of a deal. [ cheers and applause ] our country is going to start building and making things again. [ cheers and applause ] next comes the reform of our tax laws, regulations and energy rules. while hillary clinton plans a massive. and i mean massive tax increase, i have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, democrat or republican. [ cheers and applause ] middle-income americans and businesses will experience

profound relief, and taxes will be greatly simplified for everyone. i mean everyone. [ cheers and applause ] america is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world. reducing taxes will cause new companies and new jobs to come roaring back into our country. believe me, it will happen, and it will happen fast. [ cheers and applause ] then we are going to deal with the issue of regulation, one of the greatest job-killers of them all. excessive regulation is costing our country as much as $2 trillion a year, and we will end it very, very quickly. [ cheers and applause ] we

restrictions on the production of american energy. [ cheers and applause ] this will produce more than $20 trillion in job-creating economic activity over the next four decades. my opponent, on the other hand, wants to put the great miners and the great steelworkers of our country out of work. and out of business. that will never happen with donald j. trump as president. our steelworkers and miners are going back to work again. [ cheers and applause ] with these new economic

policies, trillions and trillions of dollars will start flowing into our country. this new wealth will improve the quality of life for all americans. we will build the roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, and the railways of tomorrow. this, in turn, will create millions of more jobs. [ applause ] we will rescue kids from failing schools by helping their parents send them to a safe school of their choice. [ cheers and applause ] my opponent would rather protect bureaucrats th s

and that's what she's doing, and that's what she's done. we will repeal and replace disastrous obamacare. [ cheers and applause ] you will be able to choose your own doctor again. [ cheers and applause ] and we will fix tsa at the airports. which is a total disaster. [ cheers and applause ]

we're going to work with all of our students who are drowning in debt to take the pressure off these young people just starting out in their adult lives. tremendous problem. [ applause ] we will completely rebuild our depleted military. [ cheers and applause ] and the countries that we are protecting, at a massive cost to us, will be asked to pay their fair share. [ cheers and applause ] we will take care of our

veterans like they have never been taken care of before. [ cheers and applause ] my just-released ten-point plan has received tremendous veteran support. we will guarantee those who serve this country will be able to visit the doctor or hospital of their choice. without waiting five days in a line and dying. [ cheers and applause ] my opponent dismissed the v.a. scandal. one more sign of how out of touch she really is. we are going to ask every

department head in government to provide a list of wasteful spending on projects that we can eliminate in my first 100 days. [ cheers and applause ] the politicians have talked about this for years, but i'm going to do it. [ cheers and applause ] we are going to appoint justices of the united states supreme court who will uphold our laws

[ cheers and applause ] the replacement of our beloved justice scalia will be a person of similar views, principles, and judicial philosophy. very important. [ cheers and applause ] this will be one of the most important issues decided by this election. my opponent wants to essentially abolish the second amendment. [ booing ] i, on the other hand, received

of the national rifle association. [ cheers and applause ] and will protect the right of all americans to keep their families safe. [ cheers and applause ] at this moment, i would like to thank the evangelical and religious community. because, i'll tell you what, the support you've given me, and i'm not sure i totally deserve it, has been so amazing. and has had such a big reason for me being here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] true. so true.

they have much to contribute to our politics. yet our laws prevent you from speaking your minds from your own pulpits. an amendment pushed by lyndon johnson many years ago threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views. their voice has been taken away. i am going to work very hard to repeal that language and to protect free speech for all americans. [ cheers and applause ]

we can accomplish these great things, and so much more. all we need to do is start believing in ourselves and in our country again. start believing. [ cheers and applause ] it is time to show the whole world that america is back. bigger, and better and stronger than ever before. [ cheers and applause ] in this journey, i'm so lucky to have at my side my wife lania

and my wonderful children. don, ivanka, eric, tiffany, and barron. you will always be my greatest source of pride and joy. and, by the way, melania and ivanka, did they do a job? [ cheers and applause ] my dad, fred trump, was the smartest and hardest-working man i ever knew. i wonder sometimes what he'd say if he were here to see this and to see me tonight. [ cheers and applause ] it's because of him that i learned, from my youngt

to respect the dignity of work and the dignity of working people. [ cheers and applause ] he was a guy most comfortable in the company of bricklayers, and carpenters, and electricians and i have a lot of that in me also. i love those people. [ cheers and applause ] then there's my mother, mary. she was strong, but also warm and fair-minded. she was a truly great mother. she was also one of the most honest and charitable people that i have ever known, and a great, great judge of character.

anywhere. to my sisters mary anne and elizabeth, my brother robert and my late brother fred, i will always give you my love. you are most special to me. [ cheers and applause ] i have had a truly great life in business. but now, my sole and exclusive mission is to go to work for our country. to go to work for you. it's time to deliver a victory for the american people. we don't win anymore, but we're going to start winning again. [ cheers and applause ]

but to do that, we must break free from the petty politics of the past. america is a nation of believers, dreamers, and strivers that is being led by a group of censors, critics, and cynics. remember, all of the people telling you, you can't have the country you want, are the same people that wouldn't stand, i mean, they said trump doesn't have a chance of being here tonight. not a chance. the same people. [ cheers and applause ] oh, we love defeating those people, don't we?

don't we love defeating those people. love it, love it, love it. no longer can we rely on those same people in the media and politics who will say anything to keep our rigged system in place. instead, we must choose to believe in america. history is watching us now. we don't have much time. but history is watching. it's waiting to see if we will rise to the occasion, and if we will show the whole world that america is still free and independent and strong. [ cheers and applause ] i'm as

tonight so that i can be your champion in the white house. and i will be your champion. [ cheers and applause ] my opponent asks her supporters to recite a three-word loyalty pledge. it reads, "i'm with her." i choose to recite a different pledge. my pledge reads, "i'm with you, the american people." [ cheers and applause ] i am your voice.

so to every parent who dreams for their child, and every child who dreams for their future, i say these words to you tonight. i'm with you, i will fight for you, and i will win for you. [ cheers and applause ] to all americans tonight, in all of our cities and in all of our towns, i make this promise. we will make america strong again. [ cheers and applause ] we will make america proud again. we will make america safe again.

[ cheers and applause ] and we will make america great again. god bless you and good night. i love you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> vintage donald trump right there. sticking with the style, the substance and the scale that got him there. that speech, just under 75 minutes, the longest convention speech i've ever seen. now, his wife melania coming on the stage. we heard about scrapping trade agreements, stopping illegal immigration. saying he's the only man that can fix it.

there's barron trump. >> his signature line now, i'm your voice. he's going to go out and represent the dreams, frustration, anger of the american public. and this was less morning in america, and more morning about america. he says, i'm the new sheriff in town, i can fix it. >> his daughter ivanka, and other children there. and martha raddatz, a pretty dark speech, labeling hillary clinton the candidate of lawlessness. >> he talked about the crime, lawlessness, economic catastrophe. he is the law and order candidate, and his message is, only he can save america. this goes right to what the majority of