Donald Trump held a meeting with evangelical leaders in June in a high-profile attempt to soften his image. Some attendees were favorably disposed to the candidate, while others were more skeptical. And although not everyone left the room offering an endorsement, many including to a Latino pastor who had urged the candidate to tone down his rhetoric on immigration said they were heartened by Trumps willingness to listen.

A month later, Trump showed how little listening he had actually done. When he formally accepted the Republican Partys nomination for president, Trump hinted at large-scale deportation policies while offering a warning that undocumented immigrants are killers who steal jobs from Americans. Just last week, his campaign released an ad that painted a portrait of what would happen if Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton became president: illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay, collecting Social Security benefits, skipping the line.

Since launching his campaign, Trump has publicly struck a harsh line when it comes to immigration reform. And yet, at various junctures, there has been rampant speculation that he intends to soften his pitch. Part of that may be by design the logical maneuvering of a politician trying to appeal to a broader audience. But part of it may be a byproduct of Trumps managerial style. In private, he can be vague to the point of seeming receptive. Sometimes, as was the case with the gathering of evangelical leaders, people come out of meetings convinced, or at least hopeful, that he has listened to them.

This seems to have been the case on Saturday, after the topic of undocumented immigration once again came up during a meeting between Trump and Hispanic leaders. Some attendees told BuzzFeed and Univision that Trump had indicated he was open to legalization for certain undocumented immigrants, although he reportedly did not use the word legalization.

Trump, members of his campaign and a Republican National Committee official insisted that those reports are inaccurate. They also left themselves wiggle room, as they often do, by remaining vague on what, exactly, Trump plans to do about undocumented immigrants, and saying his position on mass deportation was still to be determined .

We have to be very firm. We have to be very, very strong when people come in illegally, Trump said of his immigration plans during a Fox & Friends interview on Monday. We have a lot of people that want to come in through the legal process. Its not fair for them. And were working with a lot of people in the Hispanic community to try and come up with an answer.

Im not flip-flopping, he said. We want to come up with a very fair, but firm offer.

So, is a change in Trumps deportation policies coming? Maybe. He has certainly been inconsistent in the past, and the campaign may be spinning in anticipation for another flip-flop.

The campaign says more details are forthcoming. Initially, it promised more information would be revealed during a speech on Thursday. But on Monday afternoon, the Trump campaign told supporters in an email that the speech [Trump] was planning on giving is still being modified and that the candidate wont hold a public event as originally planned, according to the Denver Post .

Here are some of the things candidate Trump has said about his plans for undocumented immigrants.

June 2015

Trump announced his White House bid by saying border security was nonexistent and promising to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. He also said President Barack Obamas deportation relief policies should be ended.

Mexico is not sending its best people across the border, he said.

Theyre sending people that have lots of problems, and theyre bringing those problems with us, Trump said. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

July 2015

Trump mocked then-opponent and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for once saying undocumented parents move to the U.S. as an act of love.

August 2015

The campaign said in a policy paper that there should be more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, harsher penalties for people who overstay their visas and an end to birthright citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to undocumented parents. It does not, notably, include an explicit promise to deport every undocumented immigrant. But it does include a promise to enforce immigration law.

America will only be great as long as America remains a nation of laws that lives according to the Constitution. No one is above the law, the paper read.

August 2015

Trump was clearer about his deportation policy in an interview with NBCs Chuck Todd, saying he thought undocumented immigrants, including children, must leave the country.

Were going to keep the families together, we have to keep the families together, but they have to go, he said in the interview, which aired on Meet the Press.

September 2015

CBSs Scott Pelley asked Trump on 60 Minutes whether the candidate was serious about deporting 12 million illegal immigrants.

Well, nobody knows the number. But the answer is you just said it, theyre illegal immigrants, Trump said. Theyre here illegally.

Were rounding em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way, he added later. And theyre going to be happy because they want to be legalized. And, by the way, I know it doesnt sound nice. But not everything is nice.

He also indicated that he admired the Operation Wetback mass deportation policy of President Dwight Eisenhower, although he did not refer to the program by name.

November 2015

Trump alluded to Operation Wetback again during a GOP primary debate.

Let me just tell you that Dwight Eisenhower. Good president. ... Moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country, Trump said.

November 2015

Trump said he would humanely send undocumented immigrants back where they came from.

You are going to have a deportation force, and you are going to do it humanely, he said on MSNBCs Morning Joe.

(Back in present day, his campaign manager said this weekend that it was to be determined whether Trump would have a deportation force.)

November 2015

Trump again promised to deport children during an interview with Barbara Walters.

When you send these people out, Walters asked him on ABCs 20/20, referring to undocumented immigrants, what do you do with the women and children?

Theyre going to go with them, Trump replied.

Youre going to send the whole family? Walters asked.

Sure, Trump said. Its got to be a family unit. Its going to be done humanely.

December 2015

Trump applauded and took credit for planned ICE raids on undocumented immigrants.

February 2016

Trump said during a GOP primary debate that we either have a country, or we dont have a country.

We have at least 11 million people in this country that came in illegally, Trump said. They will go out. They will come back some will come back, the best, through a process.

March 2016

In what was maybe although again, were skeptical a signal of changes to come, Trump said in March that at this moment he was not considering allowing undocumented immigrants to stay.

Would you consider allowing the people youve said you would bring back into the country, would you allow them to stay in the country, without having them leave the country first? a reporter asked Trump.

At this moment, absolutely not, the candidate said. We either have a country or we dont. We either have a country or we dont. We have borders or we dont have borders. And at this moment, the answer is absolutely not.

April 2016

A woman asked Trump at a town hall whether he would deport undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for 25 years.

Theyre going to go, and were going to create a path where we can get them into this country legally, OK? he said at the event, hosted by NBCs Today Show. But it has to be done legally. ... Theyre going to go, and then come back and come back legally.

June 2016

Trump seemed to change his tune a bit when he accused Obama of mass deportation and said his own policies would have heart.

I think people are going to find that I have not only the best policies, but I will have the biggest heart of anybody, Trump said, according to Bloomberg News .

No, I would not call it mass deportations, he said.

Later that day, Trump indicated that he may object to the term mass deportations more than he objects to the concept.

July 2016

During his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Trump briefly mentioned being compassionate to everyone, but mostly talked about immigration in the context of enforcement.

Tonight, I want every American whose demands for immigration security have been denied and every politician who has denied them to listen very closely to the words I am about to say, he said. On January 21st of 2017, the day after I take the oath of office, Americans will finally wake up in a country where the laws of the United States are enforced. We are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. But my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens.

This article has been updated to reflect that the Trump campaign has announced the candidate wont give an immigration speech on Thursday.

Editors note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar , rampant xenophobe , racist , misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims 1.6 billion members of an entire religion from entering the U.S.