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It's nothing new for former President Donald Trump to attack immigrants. Throughout his political career, he has made a series of statements that directly allude to those who enter the country in search of a better quality of life. However, on this occasion, he did so in the midst of seeking votes in New York.
The Republican tycoon, who is seeking a second term in office, railed against the immigrant community during an interview with New York radio station WABC on Wednesday, saying that those who cross the border from Mexico to the United States bring with them contagious diseases, and calling them terrorists.
"They come as terrorists. There are a lot of terrorists and people with highly contagious diseases arriving," he stressed.
“You know, all of a sudden you see there's a race against tuberculosis. There's a trend toward things that we haven't talked about for years in this country,” Trump added.
In addition, he added that these immigrants who enter the United States speak unknown languages.
“We have no idea who they are or where they come from,” Trump said. “We have no idea. They speak languages we don’t even know. We have people with languages we don’t know anything about. It’s crazy.”
Attacking immigration is one of Trump's favorite points to attract his followers. In December 2023, he said that "they are poisoning the blood of our country. They are coming into our country from Africa, from Asia, and from all over the world."
“It is a very sad thing for our country. It is poisoning the blood of our country. It is very bad and people are coming with illnesses. People are coming with everything they can possibly have,” he added at a rally in New Hampshire.
Time and again, the Republican has made xenophobic speeches against migrants, claiming that they have caused the worst invasion the United States has ever suffered.
Despite all this, Trump is the favorite in 5 of the 6 key states to win the November elections (Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania), according to polls by The New York Times, which also noted that Democratic representative Joseph Biden has lost the support of young African-Americans and Hispanics, a large part of his electorate base, due to discontent over the economy and the war in Gaza.
Yesterday afternoon, Trump appeared in Crotona Park, in the South Bronx in New York, where he sought the support of Latinos and the African-American community, assuring them of security, prosperity and success in schools.
“The biggest negative impact is on our black population and our Hispanic population who are losing their jobs, losing their homes, losing everything they can lose,” Trump said.
At the rally, in a district where more than half the population is Hispanic and more than a quarter African-American, Trump argued that “millions” of immigrants are emptying their countries’ prisons, entering the United States illegally and committing “immigrant crimes.”
Amid chants of “Send them back” and “Build the wall,” Trump promised “the largest criminal deportation in history,” while suggesting that immigrants “are creating an army from within” because “they tend to be physically fit, between 19-25 years old, almost all of them are men, and they are of fighting age.”
With information from La Opinion.
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