In Warren, Trump said the Congo had emptied prisons into America
At the Warren rally, Trump claimed the Congo had emptied prisons into America and linked arrivals from Africa, Asia, South America, and parts of Europe with his deportation argument. [The American Presidency Project]
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At the Warren rally, Trump claimed the Congo had emptied prisons into America and linked arrivals from Africa, Asia, South America, and parts of Europe with his deportation argument. [The American Presidency Project]
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The passage extends specific crime stories to a broad prison-emptying assertion. It proves the assertion was made, not migrants’ origins or convictions. Distinct dated rally from April 14. [The American Presidency Project]
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racial-or-ethnic · immigration · demeaning-language
The category concerns a stigmatizing prison narrative tied to a named African origin and other regions; national-origin tagging is not itself a motive finding. [The American Presidency Project]
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- Presidential transcript · The American Presidency ProjectIn Warren, Trump said the Congo had emptied prisons into America — original source text
Paragraph after Washington State/Chicago crime examples, beginning “And it’s not just—in all fairness, it’s not Venezuela”
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-warren-michigan
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