By PATRICK HEALY
- Donald J. Trump shelved his plan to deport 11 million undocumented residents and said a Trump administration and Mexico would secure the border together.
- But his dual speeches in Mexico City and Phoenix were so jarring that his true vision and intentions were hard to discern.
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