The sexual-assault proclamation blamed an immigrant invasion
Trump’s sexual-assault-awareness proclamation called illegal immigration an invasion and claimed it was a leading cause of sexual violence over the previous four years. [The American Presidency Project]
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Trump’s sexual-assault-awareness proclamation called illegal immigration an invasion and claimed it was a leading cause of sexual violence over the previous four years. [The American Presidency Project]
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The proclamation also calls for supporting survivors. It is not an independent crime-statistics study or proof of its causal allegation and does not establish all immigrants as offenders. [The American Presidency Project]
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The selection concerns an invasion frame and broad attribution of sexual violence to arrivals from abroad, with the official assertion separated from evidence. [The American Presidency Project]
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- Presidential transcript · The American Presidency ProjectThe sexual-assault proclamation blamed an immigrant invasion — original source text
Opening paragraphs before the Jocelyn Nungaray memorial passage
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-10913-national-sexual-assault-awareness-and-prevention-month-2025
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