Trump repeats warnings of ‘migrant invasion’published at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time
18:21 GMT
In North Carolina, Donald Trump is continuing his rally speech and turns to immigration.
He again casts blame for rising illegal migration on Kamala Harris.
“She has violated her oath, eradicated our sovereign border, and unleashed an army of gangs and criminal migrants from prisons and jails, insane asylums and mental institutions,” Trump claims, adding they’re coming from “Venezuela, the Congo,” and are “stealing countless American lives.”
He then plays a video that he has featured at most of his recent rallies of a mother, Alexis Nungaray, whose 12-year-old daughter Jocelyn was killed in Texas in June. Police have charged two undocumented immigrants from Venezuela for her murder.
“The day I take the oath of office, the migrant invasion ends, and the restoration of our country begins,” he vows.
And he repeats a recent promise, saying he will, on day one, “launch the largest deportation program in American history”.
“And I am hereby calling for the death penalty for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer,” he says.
For context: Migrant crossings did reach record levels under President Biden, but numbers have dropped significantly in recent months. Harris has said she will make it even harder for migrants to seek asylum in the US if elected.
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