Monday, October 07, 2024 - Former President Donald Trump once again stirred controversy on Monday, claiming that illegal immigrants are bringing “bad genes” into the United States.
The comments, made during a radio interview with
conservative host Hugh Hewitt, are the latest in Trump’s ongoing rhetoric about
immigration, which has often been accused of demonizing migrants.
Trump made the remarks while attacking Vice President Kamala
Harris, his Democratic rival in the upcoming presidential election. He
referenced government figures showing that 13,000 immigrants were not being
detained by federal immigration authorities despite homicide convictions.
“How about allowing people to come to an open border, 13,000
of which were murderers, many of them murdered far more than one person? They
are now happily living in the United States,” Trump said. He went on to state,
“A murderer — I believe this — it’s in their genes. We’ve got a lot of bad
genes in our country right now.”
The figures Trump cited appear to be a misrepresentation of
data released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in September. The
statistics do not reflect individuals incarcerated in non-ICE facilities, such
as state or local prisons, and span across several decades, including years
when Trump himself was president.
Critics quickly condemned Trump’s remarks. Conservative
commentator Richard Hanania, while disagreeing with the 13,000 murderer figure,
supported Trump’s broader argument on crime and genetics, though he called on
Trump to consider the low crime rates among immigrants. “I don’t normally
defend Trump’s statements, and even here he drops the 13,000 released murderers
lie,” said Hanania, president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and
Ideology. “But he’s right that crime is largely genetic. He should just learn
about the low crime rate among immigrants and think about the implications.”
The remarks come as Trump and Harris remain locked in a
tight race ahead of November’s election. Trump’s campaign has focused heavily
on immigration, with the 78-year-old frequently portraying undocumented
migrants — and even some legal immigrants — as a threat to public safety.
In a rally last month, Trump called for Vice President
Harris to be prosecuted over President Joe Biden’s border policies, branding
immigrants as “animals” intent on “rape, pillage, thieve, plunder and kill.” He
also falsely accused Haitian residents in Ohio of eating local pets and
threatened them with deportation.
This is not the first time Trump has made incendiary
statements about immigrants. In December, he was widely condemned after
accusing immigrants of “poisoning the blood of our country,” drawing parallels
to the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler.
Despite his inflammatory comments, Trump continues to remain
competitive in the polls, with the election shaping up to be one of the most
contentious in recent history.
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