A group of Hispanic activists are dismissing Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE's outreach to minority voters, saying it has nothing to do with addressing their issues.

They say the Republican presidential nominee isn't trying to win over Hispanic voters but rather changing his tone to boost his numbers with moderate white voters.

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"We don’t believe for one minute that Trump’s pivot is about persons of color," said Kica Matos, director of Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice at the Center for Community Change Action, a progressive civil rights group.

"This has nothing to do with the Latino community, this has to do with an effort to pander to the white vote. He lost the moderate white vote because of his anti-immigrant and xenophobic views," agreed Lynn Tramonte, deputy director of America’s Voice.

From its inception in June of last year, Trump's campaign has centered on a hardline deportation policy and a proposal to build a wall on the border with Mexico, accompanied by harsh rhetoric about immigrants. The real estate mogul sparked further controversy after questioning the objectivity of Judge Gonzalo Curiel, a Mexican-American judge overseeing a case involving Trump University.

But that approach has seen Democrat Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE beating Trump among women and minority voters. Most polls show Trump's support among Hispanics hovering in the teens and among African-Americans in the low single digits.

Following a campaign shake-up last week, though, some have questioned whether Trump will soften his stance.

On Saturday, Trump and his top advisors — the campaign's third leadership team — met with his newly minted National Hispanic Advisory Council.

Former Puerto Rico Attorney General José Fuentes, who attended the meeting, told The Hill Trump discussed immigration proposals that would be "within the law, and within a degree of fairness."

But attendees offered no details on how Trump's immigration proposals will change.

"The details will have to come from the campaign, they’re working on them," said Pastor Ramiro Peña.

Shortly after the meeting, the campaign announced it would be delaying a major speech on immigration scheduled for Thursday.

"We inherited the schedule" from the previous campaign leadership, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway explained to Fox News Tuesday, downplaying any larger significance.

César Blanco, interim director of the Latino Victory Fund, said the "several different accounts of what happened in Trump’s meeting with Hispanic leaders" were irrelevant, because "as far as we’re concerned, Trump gave his immigration speech a long, long time ago."

Immigration advocates said they don't expect Trump to soften his tone.

"He has made it abundantly clear that he has nothing but contempt for people of color," said Matos, adding, "he is a bigot, a racist and a demagogue and our communities have already suffered because of it."