Trump holds rally in Reno after unveiling ‘Operation Aurora’ during dark speech in Colorado: Live
Trump held a rally in Aurora, Colorado, a city subjected to his false claims of mass ‘migrant crime’
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During a rally in Aurora, Colorado on Friday, former president Donald Trump called for the death penalty “for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer”.
The comment is a reference to Trump’s widely spread false claims that migrants are committing mass violent crimes in the country. He uses Aurora as an example of this by claiming the city has been taken over by Venezuelan gangs – something Colorado leaders deny.
Trump said he would institute the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as part of his “Operation Aurora” to “expedite the removals of the savage gangs.”
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the law gives the government detention and deportation power which poses “an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.”
Anti-immigration policies are a staple of Trump’s campaign for president, despite there being no evidence of ‘migrant crime’.
He is expected to espouse similar rhetoric about immigrants at a rally in Reno, Nevada on Friday evening.
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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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Trump argued that the “enemy within” is a bigger threat to the US than either China or Russia.
“It's the enemy from within, all the scum that we have to deal with that hate our country. That's a bigger enemy than China and Russia,” he said.
“Every day Americans ... are living in fear, all because Kamala Harris decided to empty the slums and prison cells of Caracas and many other places,” Trump said.
He added: “Prison populations all over the world are down. Crime all over the world is down because they take the world's criminals, gang members, drug dealers, and they deposit them into the United States, bus after bus after bus.”
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“To everyone here in Colorado and all across our nation, I make this pledge and vow to you. November 5, 2024, will be Liberation Day in America,” the former president said. “I will rescue Aurora and every town that has been invaded and conquered. These towns have been conquered. Explain that to your governor, he doesn't have a clue.”
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