At CPAC, Trump linked Haitian and African arrivals to prisons and institutions
At CPAC, Trump said Haitian migrants were pouring in, extended the discussion to Africa, the Congo, and South America, and claimed arrivals came from prisons and mental institutions. [The American Presidency Project]
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At CPAC, Trump said Haitian migrants were pouring in, extended the discussion to Africa, the Congo, and South America, and claimed arrivals came from prisons and mental institutions. [The American Presidency Project]
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The passage also touts canceling Haitian Temporary Protected Status. This records words, not policy enforceability, migrants’ biographies, or prison/hospital data. [The American Presidency Project]
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racial-or-ethnic · immigration · demeaning-language
The category concerns named national-origin populations placed in a criminal/institutional threat frame; no criminal or health finding is inferred. [The American Presidency Project]
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- Presidential transcript · The American Presidency ProjectAt CPAC, Trump linked Haitian and African arrivals to prisons and institutions — original source text
Paragraphs following Temporary Protected Status statement for Haiti, including Africa/Congo and prisons/mental institutions passages
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-conservative-political-action-conference-national-harbor-maryland
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