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During the CNN Republican primary debate in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday, GOP front-runner Donald Trump defended his call to ban all non-American Muslims from entering the United States and repeated his pledge to build "a great wall" on the U.S. southern border.
Trump argued that his approach is not one grounded in isolationism or religious discrimination, but one centered on security.
“We are not talking about isolation,” he said. “We are talking about security. We're not talking about religion. We're talking about security.”
“Our country is out of control," Trump went on. "People are pouring across the southern border. I will build a wall. It'll be a great wall. People will not come in unless they come in legally..."
"As far as other people in the migration -- tens of thousands of people having cellphones with ISIS flags on them... I don't think so, Wolf. They're not coming to this country," he vowed. "And if I’m President, and if Obama has brought some [jihadis] to this country, they are leaving. They’re going. They’re gone.”
Listen to Trump's remarks in the short video clip below.