Trump’s address to Congress revived false or misleading claims on immigration
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump’s address to Congress revived false or misleading claims on immigration

LA Times  

President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the Capitol on Tuesday as Vice President JD Vance, left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson listen. During Donald Trump’s campaign for president, he and his allies repeated misleading or false claims on immigration, including that then-President Biden had secretly flown migrants into the U.S., that FEMA used disaster relief money on migrants, and that many immigrants are violent criminals. Listing what he viewed as unnecessary federal programs uncovered by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, Trump referred to “$59 million for illegal alien hotel rooms in New York City.” Musk said millions of dollars meant for disaster relief were spent illegally by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house migrants in “high-end” hotels. During a debate last year with his Democratic opponent, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump repeated a false viral rumor that Haitian immigrants in Sprinfield were “eating the pets of the people that live there.” Springfield became inundated with hoax bomb threats that forced lockdowns, evacuations and closures at hospitals, schools and government buildings. “Entire towns like Aurora, Colo., and Springfield, Ohio, buckled under the weight of the migrant occupation and corruption like nobody’s ever seen before,” Trump said Tuesday.

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Heavy on migrant crime, light on inflation: 8 takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Heavy on migrant crime, light on inflation: 8 takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress

LA Times  

President Trump pauses during his address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on Tuesday night. His sharp attacks against Democrats included using “Pocahontas” as a slur against Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who sat in the audience, and calling his predecessor, President Biden, the “worst president of all time.” It also featured a slew of false claims, such as …

Trump’s next first speech to Congress is bound to have little resemblance to his last first one
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump’s next first speech to Congress is bound to have little resemblance to his last first one

LA Times  

The nation will hear a new president sing a far different tune in his prime-time address before Congress on Tuesday night. “It’s almost like I have to be ignorant to be at peace with myself and my life right now.” A new president’s first speech to Congress is not designated a State of the Union address, coming so close to …

Trump lies, Vance amplifies — and their thirst for power is dangerous
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump lies, Vance amplifies — and their thirst for power is dangerous

Raw Story  

Heading into November, Donald Trump’s rhetorical strategy on the economy is simple: Insist it is doomed, blame it on Kamala Harris, and tie everything back to immigration. Overnight, Trump became chief enabler to the chief “criminals” he claimed were killing Americans, and his base didn’t even hear about it as Fox News called President Biden an “accessory to murder.” After …

Column: Our immigration problem isn’t what Trump says it is
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Our immigration problem isn’t what Trump says it is

LA Times  

Former President Trump speaks during a visit to an unfinished section of border wall in Texas in 2021. I’ve seen the photos.” And it’s that feeling among even Democratic and undecided voters that is Biden’s real immigration problem. Crisis or political creation, it doesn’t matter, because, “something is necessary to give Americans confidence that borders aren’t open and porous as …

Key takeaways from former President Trump’s speech in Washington
2 years, 7 months ago

Key takeaways from former President Trump’s speech in Washington

Al Jazeera  

During speech at America First Policy Institute, Trump hinted at 2024 run, repeated unfounded claims of election fraud and re-upped themes from past campaigns. Former United States President Donald Trump has made his first public speech in Washington, DC since leaving the White House in January 2021, following his election loss to Joe Biden. He spoke for 90 minutes on …

Donald Trump's State of the Union address: 'Dreamer' immigrants get front-row seat to US president's speech
7 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump's State of the Union address: 'Dreamer' immigrants get front-row seat to US president's speech

Firstpost  

Dozens of immigrants in legal limbo — including a young teacher named America — will have front row seats for Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Washington: Dozens of immigrants in legal limbo — including a young teacher named America — will have front row seats for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, getting a …

What Trump’s State of the Union means for the immigration debate
7 years, 1 month ago

What Trump’s State of the Union means for the immigration debate

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump highlighted the need to increase funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol programs during his State of the Union address, as part of his call for Congress to pass an immigration deal. During Tuesday’s speech, Trump largely stuck to the script of his “four pillars” for an immigration deal, and did not …

Republicans, Trump face immigration reckoning
7 years, 2 months ago

Republicans, Trump face immigration reckoning

CNN  

Story highlights "I don't see any other game in town," Sen. Jeff Flake said The debate is matching various party factions against one other Washington CNN — The Republican Party’s moment of truth on immigration is inescapable. “I don’t see any other game in town.” For Trump, the immigration policy debate marks a watershed moment. Potent Issue Video Ad Feedback …

Donald Trump shows signs of carrying out sweeping immigration crackdown
8 years, 4 months ago

Donald Trump shows signs of carrying out sweeping immigration crackdown

Live Mint  

Washington: Donald Trump won the presidency campaigning on a promise of a far-reaching immigration crackdown, and early indications are that he intends to execute it. The immigration section of Trump’s presidential transition website reaffirms his plans to “cancel unconstitutional executive orders” — which his advisers have said includes President Barack Obama’s 2012 program that has protected from deportation 750,000 young …

Analysis: In immigration speech, Donald Trump spurns softened tone and threatens Republican future
8 years, 6 months ago

Analysis: In immigration speech, Donald Trump spurns softened tone and threatens Republican future

LA Times  

Donald Trump’s aggressively tough speech on immigration buried the notion that he planned to pivot away from the posture that got him the Republican nomination to a gentler position tailored for more moderate general election voters, Republicans included. Trump’s Wednesday night remarks made clear that he intends to try to win the presidency with the group that won him the …

Latinos Call Out Donald Trump For His Fear-Mongering Speech
8 years, 7 months ago

Latinos Call Out Donald Trump For His Fear-Mongering Speech

Huff Post  

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign came full circle on Thursday night, as the businessman and reality star officially accepted the Republican nomination at the 2016 Republican Convention in Cleveland with a speech filled with anti-immigrant rhetoric. The comments were highly reminiscent of statements he made when launching his campaign last June, which painted Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and “criminals.” In his …

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