Eric Trump on dad's immigration plan: 'I think it develops'

Eric Trump acknowledged Wednesday that his father's stance on immigration reform has evolved throughout the last year of the presidential campaign, while emphasizing that the wall on the border of the United States and Mexico will still go up with Donald Trump in the White House.

"I think it develops. And I think he's going to come out and speak, you know, very, very specifically about it. He has a couple speeches coming up, as you know very well," Eric Trump said during a discussion on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "But again, his message is America first. He will build a wall. Believe me. I mean, he will build a wall."


Trump's response came after it was noted that his father told NBC News' Chuck Todd last August that he would not break up families with undocumented immigrants but that they all "have to go."

The Republican nominee suggested at an immigration-focused town hall on Tuesday night that there "certainly can be a softening" of his message, while reiterating that "we're going to follow the laws of this country," which he called "very, very strong."