Trump unveils ‘Operation Aurora’ to deport gang members and calls for death penalty for migrants that kill: Live
Donald Trump holds rally in Aurora, Colorado, which he claims has been taken over by Venezuelan gangs
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During a rally in Aurora, Colorado, former President Donald Trump called for the death penalty “for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer.”
The comments came after he announced that he would institute a federal “Operation Aurora” to “expedite the removals of the savage gangs.”
“I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798,” he added.
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the law hands the government detention and deportation power which poses “an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.”
Trump said he would use the law “to target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil.”
The rally took place after Trump disparaged the entire city of Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday, warning that the whole country could end up “a mess” like the Motor City if his Democratic rival Kamala Harris wins November’s election, a pitch unlikely to endear him to local voters that has already inspired a major backlash.
Former president Barack Obama meanwhile delivered an impassioned speech denouncing the Republican’s character and mocking his “constant attempts to sell you stuff”, from gold sneakers to branded Bibles, during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, championing Harris’s bid for the presidency.
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The event will take place in Cumming, Georgia, with the audience being “entirely composed of women,” Fox News said in a press release.
“Women constitute the largest group of registered and active voters in the United States, so it is paramount that female voters understand where the presidential candidates stand on the issues that matter to them most,” Faulkner said in a statement. “I am looking forward to providing our viewers with an opportunity to learn more about where former President Trump stands on these topics.”
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Former President Bill Clinton will campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states, with swings through Georgia and North Carolina, according to CNN.
Clinton is set to attempt to increase Harris’s support among rural voters, a subset of voters that the vice president has been struggling to attract.
President Joe Biden became the first Democratic nominee in 2020 to win Georgia since Clinton managed to eke out a win in 1992.
Clinton will focus on counties previously won by former President Donald Trump and is set to appear at local fairs and porch rallies with at most a few hundred attendees at a time.
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Trump ends rally by promising to close the border
Trump ended his rally in Aurora, Colorado on Friday, pledging to “close the border” and “stop the invasion of illegals into our country.”
“We will defend our territory. We will not be conquered. We will not be conquered,” he added. “We will reclaim our sovereignty, and Colorado will vote for Trump as a protest and signal to the world that we are not going to take it anymore.”
Trump calls for the death penalty for migrants killing American citizens
Trump called for the death penalty “for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer.”
The comments came after he announced that he would institute a federal “operation Aurora” to “expedite the removals of the savage gangs.”
“I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798,” he added.
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, “This detention and deportation power poses an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.”
Trump said he would use the law “to target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil.”
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