Former President Donald Trump on Friday criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for the alarming number of immigrants in the United States illegally who have been convicted or charged with murder.
At a town hall event in Warren, Michigan, President Trump, 78, called federal statistics showing more than 15,000 illegal immigrants charged or convicted of murder “the worst I've ever heard.” numbers,” and then criticized Democrats. presidential candidate.
“It was all done by Comrade Kamala Harris,” the former president said. “Our great border emperor is incompetent, totally incompetent.”
According to data provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas), as of July 21, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal records on ICE's national records, including 10,000 noncitizens with criminal records. It shows that 3,099 people were convicted of murder and 1,845 people have pending murder cases. .
ICE currently holds 277 immigrants convicted of murder and 51 immigrants facing such charges, the agency said, adding that these people are at risk of deportation. suggests.
“They were all released into our country,” President Trump said. “And we can't put up with this.”
“This is total incompetence,” the 45th president added.
Trump's remarks in the Wolverine State focused on the auto industry and his proposals for sweeping new tariffs if elected to a second term in the White House.
He argued that imposing tariffs on Chinese cars made in Mexico and shipped to the United States would cause U.S. auto manufacturing to skyrocket to “levels not seen in 50 years.”
“[Chinese automakers] They think they're going to make and sell cars here and shut down Detroit, shut down everything in this area, shut down South Carolina, but that's not going to happen, because we don't want those cars. “We're going to put very heavy tariffs on people coming across the border,” Trump said.
“We're not going to allow that,” he added.
Trump returned to immigration, attacking Harris near the edge of City Hall, calling the vice president “someone who always complains and never does anything.”
“She's at the border today,” Trump said, noting that Harris was the first Democratic presidential candidate to visit the U.S.-Mexico border. “What a great day for the border.”
