Former US President Donald Trump addressed Hispanic voters on Wednesday, October 16, asserting that under his administration, migrants would need to “love our country” to be granted entry.
At a town hall event in Miami, 78, Trump made this statement to Hispanic voters, emphasizing his support for the continuation of legal immigration.
“We want workers and we want them to come in, but they have to come in legally,” the former president said at the forum hosted by Univision and broadcast in Spanish.
“They have to love our country. They have to love you, love our people,” Trump told a 64-year-old California farmer concerned about the continued availability of migrant labor and food prices if the former president were to win in November.
Trump argued that the surge in illegal border crossings under the Harris-Biden administration has put Hispanics in a fraught position.
“A lot of the jobs that you have and that other people have are being taken by these people that are coming in, and the African American population and the Hispanic population in particular, are losing jobs now because millions of people are coming in,” the GOP nominee said.
“They’re coming in, but they’re also coming in largely – in tremendous numbers coming in – out of mental institutions,” Trump claimed.
“They’re emptying out jails,” he continued. “Their jails are being let into our country – from Venezuela – but not just South America, from all over the world.”
“Nobody wants that,” Trump told the farmer. “And that doesn’t include the terrorists.”
“We have to have people that are great people coming into our country,” he argued.
“I want them in even more than you do. And we’re going to make it so that people can come into our country legally.”
Vice President Kamala Harris leads the race with a 19-point margin (56%-37%) among likely Hispanic voters, as reported by a New York Times/Siena College poll earlier this week.
However, when it comes to Hispanic men, Harris only enjoys a three-point lead (48%-45%) over Trump.
These findings indicate a notable drop in the level of support Hispanics have traditionally shown for Democratic candidates in previous election cycles.
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