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Trump hammers away on border crisis throughout debate with Biden

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“It’s a shame the damage he’s done to our country. I’d love to ask him … why he allowed millions of people to come in here from prisons, jails and mental institutions to come into our country and destroy our country”

Throughout the presidential debate Thursday night, former President Donald Trump continued to interject into his responses criticisms about President Joe Biden’s border policies.

When finishing one of his first answers to a question about the economy, Trump said the U.S. had become a third world country.

“It’s a shame the damage he’s done to our country. I’d love to ask him … why he allowed millions of people to come in here from prisons, jails and mental institutions to come into our country and destroy our country,” Trump said.

When answering a question about the national debt and in response to a comment Biden made about Medicare, Trump said Biden was “destroying Medicare because all of these people are coming in [through the border and the Biden administration is] putting them on Medicare, they’re putting them on Social Security. … This man is going to single handedly destroy Social Security. These millions and millions of people coming in they’re trying to put them on Social Security,” adding that Biden “will wipe out Social Security, he will wipe out Medicare” because of the border crisis. “What this man has done is absolutely criminal.”

In response to a question about abortion, Biden referred to “the young woman who just was murdered and he went to the funeral and the idea that she was murdered by an immigrant coming in … but here’s the deal, there’s a lot of women who are raped by their in-laws, by their spouses, by their brothers and sisters … and would get arrested for crossing state lines” to have an abortion. It is unclear who Biden was referring to regarding the murdered woman or who he claims attended her funeral.

In response to his comment, Trump said, “There have been many young women who have been raped by the same people he allows to come across our border. We have a border that’s the most dangerous place anywhere in the world … and he opened it up and these killers are coming into our country and they are raping and killing women. It’s a terrible thing.”

In response to a question about how the economy is hurting Black Americans, Trump said, Biden’s “big kill on the Black people is the millions of people that he’s allowed to come in through the border. They’re taking Black jobs now,” adding that the number of illegal border crossers could be “18, 19 even 20 million people. They’re taking Black jobs, and they’re taking Hispanic jobs. You haven’t seen it yet, but you’re going to see something that’s going to be the worst in our history.”

In response to a comment related to the cost of insulin and pharmaceutical drugs, Trump said, “I’m the one who got insulin down. I’m the one who took care of the seniors. What he’s doing is destroying all of our medical programs because the migrants coming in” are being enrolled in taxpayer funded programs. He said they are “destroying our country. They’re taking over our schools, our hospitals, and they’re going to be taking over Social Security. He is destroying Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.”

In response to efforts to keep Social Security solvent, Biden said increasing taxes on the wealthy would help and that Trump wanted to cut the program. He also said, “Americans have greater healthcare coverage today than they have ever had before.”

Trump repeated his claim multiple times that Biden “is destroying” Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid “because millions of people are pouring into our country” and the Biden administration is enrolling them into the programs and “putting them in our hospitals.” He said illegal foreign nationals were “taking the place of our citizens.” What the Biden administration is “doing to the VA, to our veterans, is unbelievable. Our veterans are living in the street and these people are living in luxury hotels. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. … I’ve never seen such anger in our country before.”

In response to Trump’s claims, Biden said, “the idea that we’re going to be in a situation where all of these millions and millions … of illegal aliens are coming into the country and taking away our jobs, there’s a reason why we have the fastest growing economy in the world … and we’re doing better than any other nation in the world,” suggesting that foreign labor was fueling the economy. Under current law, the majority of illegal foreign nationals are prohibited from gaining lawful employment. Depending on the parole program through which illegal foreign nationals were released, some are given two-year work permits. In April, the Biden administration increased automatic extensions for some employment authorizations.

​Dan McCaleb is the executive editor of The Center Square. He welcomes your comments. Contact Dan at [email protected].

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Los Angeles Passes ‘Sanctuary City’ Ordinance In Wake Of Trump’s Deportation Plan

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By Jason Hopkins

The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday designating the city as a “sanctuary city” following President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan.

This measure prevents the use of local resources for immigration enforcement and prohibits city agencies from sharing information about undocumented residents with federal immigration authorities, according to The Associated Press. The council voted unanimously, aligning Los Angeles with numerous cities across the U.S. that have adopted similar policies.

The ordinance will undergo a second council vote for procedural reasons as Mayor Karen Bass, who has expressed support for the initiative, holds veto power but is unlikely to use it, AP reported. Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez pointed out the city’s firm stance against cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“We’re going to send a very clear message that the city of Los Angeles will not cooperate with ICE in any way,” Soto-Martinez said. “We want people to feel protected and be able to have faith in their government and that women can report domestic violence crimes.”

Soto-Martinez also noted that many immigrants without legal status are integral to the community, working in roles such as housekeepers, nannies, and cooks, AP reported. While the ordinance highlights the city’s values, critics argue that Los Angeles already refrains from cooperating with federal immigration agencies, suggesting the policy may not bring significant operational changes.

Trump announced that former acting ICE Director Tom Homan will take on the role of border czar in his upcoming administration. Homan will oversee border operations, including deportations, security at land and sea entry points, and aviation safety measures.

Trump revealed Monday that he plans to declare a national emergency and deploy military resources to execute his mass deportation agenda. He confirmed reports from Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton, who claimed the administration is ready to use emergency powers to address what he called the “Biden invasion.”

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“I know three families that have gone to Canada.”: Locals Say Haitians Are Hoofing It Out Of Springfield After Trump Win

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By Jason Hopkins

‘They Are Afraid’

Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio appear to be fleeing the city in droves after President-elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of the election, according to reports from locals.

The national spotlight shined on Springfield, a city of roughly 60,000 residents nestled in central Ohio, for weeks following unverified viral online claims that Haitians migrants had been spotted butchering a pet for consumption. The subsequent uproar about Springfield sparked further media debate about mass migration and its consequences, as Springfield has been dealing with an influx of Haitian migrants in a relatively short amount of time.

“The traffic situation seems to be better now,” longtime resident Barron Seelig said to the Daily Caller News Foundation, referring to widespread accounts from city residents in past months that Haitian drivers are causing mayhem on the roads.

While Seelig did speak about local rumors of impending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids possibly scaring Haitians away, he also mentioned recent crackdowns by highway patrol officers and added that some migrants are leaving because they don’t enjoy the Ohio winters. Another Springfield local told the DCNF that he heard it was virtually impossible to rent a U-Haul truck because so many Haitians are currently renting them — presumably to leave town.

Those who provide services to immigrant services in the city have also said that Trump’s election victory has prompted Haitians to flee en masse.

“Some folks don’t have credit cards or access to the internet, and they want to buy a bus ticket or a plane ticket, so we help them book a flight,” Margery Koveleski, who helps Haitian migrants manage government bureaucracy, told The Guardian. “People are leaving.”

“People are fully aware of the election result, and that is why they are leaving; they are afraid of a mass deportation” Jason Payen, a co-founder of the Haitian Community Alliance, said to the Guardian.

“Several of my customers have left. One guy with his family went to New Jersey; others have gone to Boston,” Payen continued. “I know three families that have gone to Canada.”

Trump, for his part, has vowed to embark on a border enforcement agenda that will apply to the entire country.

During the campaign, Trump pledged to continue building the U.S.-Mexico border wall, revive the Remain in Mexico program, hire more border patrol agents and conduct the “largest deportation program in American history,” and end birthright citizenship for those born on U.S. soil to illegal migrant parents.

Trump said in October that he would revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals and “bring them back” to the country. The Biden-Harris administration has provided TPS — which temporarily gives deportation protections to its designees — to hundreds of thousands of Haitian nationals currently living in the U.S.

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