Trump calls undocumented immigrants ‘animals’
Republican frontrunner and ex-president Donald Trump called immigrants who commit violent crimes “animals.”
He made the remarks Tuesday in Michigan regarding the killing of a Georgia nursing student.
In February, 22-year-old Laken Riley was killed allegedly by a man from Venezuela who was in the U.S. illegally.
It sparked outrage against immigrants within anti-immigrant groups.
Trump reiterated his pledge to carry out the largest deportation of illegal migrants if re-elected.
Trump frequently has highlighted crime rates in the U.S. at campaign events, regularly blaming migrants for them.
However, FBI statistics released this year reported a steep drop in crime across the country last year.
These were particularly in big cities run by Democratic mayors, which Trump often attacks.
FBI data has found violent crime dropped by 11% in cities with populations of 1 million or more, while murders dropped by 20%, rape was down 16%, and aggravated assault fell by 11%.
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