Republican convention focuses on immigration a day after a bandaged Trump makes triumphant entrance

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MILWAUKEE – Immigration takes center stage as the Republican National Convention resumes Tuesday, with speakers spotlighting a key issue for President Donald Trump that helped endear him to the GOP base when he began his first campaign in 2015.Trump and JD Vance. his choice for running mate, are expected to appear at the convention each night, according to two sources familiar with the planning. Vance is scheduled to speak on Wednesday night. Trump’s speech is slated for Thursday, the last night of the RNC.Two days after surviving an attempted assassination, Trump appeared triumphantly at the convention’s opening night Monday with a bandage over his right ear, the latest compelling scene in a presidential campaign already defined by dramatic turns.GOP delegates cheered wildly when Trump appeared onscreen backstage and then emerged in the arena, visibly emotional, as musician Lee Greenwood sang “God Bless the USA.” That was hours after the convention had formally nominated the former president to head the Republican ticket in November against President Joe Biden.Trump, accompanied by a wall of Secret Service agents Monday night, did not address the hall — with his acceptance speech scheduled for Thursday — but smiled silently and occasionally waved as Greenwood sang....

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