He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan. Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged or racist. Trump's proposed immigration policies were a topic of bitter and contentious debate during the campaign. Trump's proposed immigration policies were a topic of bitter and contentious debate during the campaign. He promised to build a more substantial wall on the Mexico–United States border to keep out illegal immigrants and vowed Mexico would pay for it. He pledged to massively deport illegal immigrants residing in the United States, and criticized birthright citizenship for creating 'anchor babies'. He said deportation would focus on criminals, visa overstays, and security threats.