WASHINGTON D.C.— This weekend, Donald Trump said his mass deportation plans would “be a bloody story” in his second term. Meanwhile, his running mate JD Vance said their plans for mass deportation would “absolutely” involve sweeping raids. Vance also declined to rule out reinstating family separation policies if Trump is re-elected. And Monday, Vance amplified “a false claim that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating pets.”
America’s Voice’s Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas shared grave concerns in a statement yesterday on the latest comments by the Trump/Vance ticket: “The dehumanization and violent demagoguery is not new but that doesn’t make it less dangerous. His proposed mass ‘bloody’ expulsion of millions is beyond reprehensible. This is not just about immigrant communities, it is fundamentally about who we are as a nation. Mass arrest and deportation is the signature immigration and economic issue of his campaign and a keystone of his larger plans for violent retribution against anyone who doesn’t fit into his vision of MAGA America.”
Here are some of the latest headlines highlighting Trump/Vance anti-immigrant extremism:
The Atlantic: Trump Promises a ‘Bloody Story’
“At a campaign rally in Wisconsin yesterday, Trump talked about his plans for “mass deportation” of border-crossers. “In Colorado, they’re so brazen, they’re taking over sections of the state,” he claimed, presumably alluding to reports of gang activity in an apartment building in a Denver suburb. “And you know, getting them out will be a bloody story. They should never have been allowed to come into our country. Nobody checked them.”
ABC 15: JD Vance says ‘absolutely’ on raids, sweeps to conduct mass deportations
“When it comes to former President Donald Trump’s immigration plan to conduct mass deportation, Vance said “absolutely” when asked if this would involve sweeping raids to find the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.”
NBC News: Vance declines to rule out the use of family separations if Trump is re-elected
“Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance declined on Friday to rule out the use of family separations — a policy from Donald Trump’s first term in office — if he and the former president win back the White House, even as Homeland Security officials are currently working to reunify over 1,000 children with their families.”
The Guardian: Neo-Nazi and far right groups seize on Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric
“Neo-Nazi groups and the online far right are latching on to the anti-immigration rhetoric coming from Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House in an effort to recruit new supporters and spread their extremism to broader audiences.”
Salon: Trump, lying about migrants and crime, says mass deportations “will be a bloody story”
“But Trump used the false story to segue to his proposed mass deportation of at least 12 million undocumented people, telling supporters that, “getting them back will be a blood story.”
The Hill: Vance pushes false accusations of Haitians eating pets
“GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) on Monday amplified a false claim that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, despite the city’s police department denial of any such incidents.”
Axios AM: America braces for chaos
Trump and his allies — especially Elon Musk — have promoted the false claim that Democrats are deliberately “importing” millions of undocumented immigrants to illegally vote in the election.
