Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed and heckled by many in the raucous crowd at the Libertarian Party’s national convention Saturday night, a contrast to the adulation he received at rallies from his fervently loyal supporters. obvious change.
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republican presidential candidate Donald Trump On Thursday, he said that if he wins the election, he may impose tariffs on countries including China that do not curb the flow of undocumented immigrants from their territories into the United States. US election November.
Trump made the comments while answering questions from the audience at an event in the border election battleground state of Arizona, but did not specify the scale of tariffs he would impose in this case.
When asked how to curb illegal immigration into the United States, Trump said: “We have tremendous economic power.” Trump said that if countries like China do not help curb immigration into the United States, “We will take these so-called tariff”.
Trump warned that if other countries don’t help reduce tariffs, he could “impose significant tariffs on the country” if re-elected.
Border security and immigration have become top issues facing Americans in the lead-up to the election. November 5 election Where will Trump face the United States? President Joe BidenDemocrats in rematch of 2020 White House race.
Most people entering the United States illegally come from Latin America. According to U.S. government data, U.S. Border Patrol arrested more than 27,000 Chinese immigrants illegally crossing the Mexican border between October 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024, as part of a sharp increase in arrivals from China.
It was Trump’s first campaign event since a Manhattan jury on May 30 found him guilty on all 34 counts he faced, including falsifying business records to cover up the 2016 murder of his former lawyer, Michael Cohen. A $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the election.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and vowed to appeal the verdict. On Thursday, he called the trial “rigged.”
Trump lambasted Biden’s recent efforts to crack down on people crossing the U.S. southern border illegally, an asylum ban similar to restrictions he sought to enact when he was president.
Biden took executive action on Tuesday to impose a broad asylum ban on immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump claimed Biden’s new plan was “outrageous” and a concession to “death and failure” at the border, even though Biden’s measures reflected Trump-era policies to deter would-be immigrants.
Biden strengthened his attitude Border security has come into focus as immigration has become a major political issue for him.
Trump has made a tough stance on immigration a centerpiece of his administration and vowed a massive crackdown if re-elected.
Migrants caught crossing the border illegally could be quickly deported or returned to Mexico under Biden’s order, which takes effect Wednesday.
The Department of Homeland Security said exceptions are made for unaccompanied children, people facing serious medical or security threats, and victims of human trafficking.
Trump called Biden’s measures “bullshit,” prompting chants of “bullshit” from friendly spectators in Phoenix. Trump said he would repeal Biden’s measures on his first day in office if re-elected.
Trump claimed without evidence that Biden’s asylum ban would allow at least 2 million “illegal alien crossers” to enter the United States each year.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond when asked how Trump reached that number.
U.S. Border Patrol apprehended about 2 million immigrants crossing the border illegally in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2023, and the country has seen similar numbers this year. But Biden’s latest moves are aimed at reducing border crossing attempts, not maintaining current levels.
Trump also said he could bring U.S. troops stationed abroad back home to patrol the southern border.
Biden has been pushing unsuccessfully for months to pass a bill in the Senate to strengthen border security developed by bipartisan groups, but Republicans rejected it after Trump objected.
“Donald Trump blocked the toughest, fairest bipartisan border legislation in a generation,” Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz said in a statement. “He did so because he believed it would Help him politically. Muñoz added that Trump’s role in repealing the bill allowed him to claim that the immigration system is “broken.”
At the Trump event, several people were taken out on stretchers suffering from heat stroke after waiting in line for hours in temperatures near 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius).
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