Former President Donald Trump targeted undocumented immigrants in a speech in Nevada on Sunday as he continues to lean into anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of early Republican presidential nominating contests. At a rally in Reno, Trump stoked fears about migrants crossing the US-Mexico border and cited examples of undocumented immigrants committing violent crimes. He claimed migrants were "invading" the US from prisons and "mental institutions" in other countries. Trump reiterated promises to conduct the "largest deportation operation in American history" if elected again.
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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 Former President Donald Trump targeted undocumented immigrants in a speech in Nevada on Sunday
00:06 as he continues to lean into anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of early Republican presidential
00:10 nominating contests.
00:11 At a rally in Reno, Trump stoked fears about migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and
00:16 cited examples of undocumented immigrants committing violent crimes.
00:19 He claimed migrants were invading the U.S. from prisons and mental institutions in other
00:23 countries.
00:24 Trump reiterated promises to conduct the largest deportation operation in American history
00:28 if elected again.
00:30 He's pledged to reinstate and expand travel bans on several Muslim-majority and African
00:34 countries from his first term.
00:35 Trump is aggressively campaigning in early states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada
00:39 ahead of voting starting in January.
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