Presidential candidate, former US president Donald Trumphe assured this Wednesday in a forum with Latino voters who supports the legal immigration and strong borders and reaffirmed that there are countries, like Venezuela, that send their “criminals” to prison and They empty the asylums to send them to the United Statesa hoax that has been used to criticize President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.
Trump assured in this forum organized by Univision that his immigration policy was “an unprecedented success” and that Biden should have maintained his strategy on the southern border like the policy of “Stay in Mexico”, which returns asylum seekers to Mexico while their claims are resolved.
In the opinion of the Republican candidate, countries like Venezuela “open prisons and asylums” sending criminals and crazy people to the United States, a generalization that stigmatizes undocumented immigrants and is not supported by any data.
“With me (the immigrants) came legally and the system worked well (…) Let them come legally and not release murderers, drug traffickers and terrorists,” asked the Republican candidate , who promised a mass expulsion of undocumented immigrants.
The former president repeated hoaxes or inaccuracies such as that “the prison population in the world is decreasing because they are sent to the United States” or that “they are emptying the prisons in Venezuela to be able to come here”. “We want people to arrive, but not murderers,” he reiterated. He also maintained the hoax that Haitian immigrants “eat dogs and cats.”
📌Latino Republican asks Donald Trump if he really believes Haitian immigrants eat pets.
This is what Trump said at the Univision forum #LatinosAsk which you can see today at 10 p.m. ET/9C/7PAC on @univision, @ViX and digital platforms.#Destiny2024 pic.twitter.com/6wotblRhhm
– Univision News (@UniNoticias) October 16, 2024
Trump improves in the polls
The Republican tried to win the Latino vote in this forum by promising to support small businesses, attract investment and new jobs and reduce inflation through lower energy prices and a greater exploitation of hydrocarbons.
“Democrats don’t know (economic) growth. We’re going to attract business and put an end to abuse and waste,” said the former president, who claimed he now had the support of the tycoon and founder of SpaceX and Tesla. , Elon Muskto contain federal government spending.
asset reduced the margins available to the Democrats on Republicans in Hispanic voting intention since the 2016 election, an improvement that could be key to winning in key states such as Arizona, Nevada or Pennsylvania and reach the White House after the November 5 election.
