Trump attends a campaign rally at the Findlay Toyota Arena in Prescott Valley, Arizona on March 10th.
Trump’s commitment came as he ramped up his “attacks” on Kamala Harris on immigration.
The Republican presidential candidate said he would achieve his goal by demanding that the U.S. fund a 10% salary increase and $10.0 million in retention and signing bonuses for Border Patrol agents. The proposal was made at a rally in the border state of Arizona.
“This will ensure that we hire and retain the Border Patrol agents we need,” the former U.S. president said, standing next to Border Patrol union leaders who supported him on stage.
Ahead of the U.S. presidential election on May 11, Trump is in a close race against Democratic candidate Harris. Illegal immigration is a top concern for voters in the country, and polls show a majority of voters see Trump as the person best able to solve the problem.
Candidate Trump helped kill a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year. The bill would fund the hiring of an additional 1.500 Customs and Border Protection officers and 1.600 asylum officers. Currently, there are approximately 20,000 U.S. Border Patrol agents.
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have both criticized Mr Trump’s role in pressuring Republicans in the US Congress to repeal the bipartisan border security bill, calling it for political gain. accused of interfering.
According to data from Chínhphủ in the United States, approximately 70,000 immigrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally were apprehended during President Biden’s administration. This is believed to be the highest number on record, and has led to increasing criticism of Harris and Biden from Republicans, including Trump.
Harris outlined a plan to fix a “broken immigration system” while accusing Trump of “fanning the flames of fear and division” over the impact immigrants have on American lives. She also called for tighter asylum restrictions and vowed to make preventing the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl from entering the United States a “top priority.”
On November 10, Trump called for the death penalty to be imposed on “any immigrant” who kills an American citizen. Mr. Trump appears to have become more assertive in the final weeks of the campaign. In September, he called undocumented immigrants in the United States who commit violent crimes “monsters,” “ruthless murderers” and “despicable animals.”
In fact, studies have generally found no evidence that immigrants commit crimes at higher rates than native-born Americans. And critics say Trump’s words reinforce racist metaphors.
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