From 'rapists' to 'eating the pets': Trump has long used degrading language toward immigrants

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Some Latino voters have been drawn to Trump: He and Republicans have made gains in the demographic since his first presidential run in 2016, according to exit polls and other surveys.
54% : Encounters on the border with people on the terror watchlist was 1,432 under Trump and 1,809 under Biden.
53% : LULAC just released a report showing that anti-immigrant legislation has surged by 357% since 2020.
35% : [9/10/24]Trump frequently ties undocumented immigrants to a spike in crime.
33% : Since then, spanning three campaigns and four years in the White House, Trump has continued using inaccurate, derogatory and often racist language to refer to immigrants coming from all over the world.
31% : A look at the type of language Trump has used:Some of Trump's comments mirror language used by white supremacists, such as his claim that immigrants are "poisoning the blood" of the country.
26% : On the day that Trump launched his first presidential bid in June 2015, he accused Mexico of "not sending the best" people.
19% : According to a review by NBC News, encounters with noncitizens with criminal records was 64,000 under Trump and 112,000 under Biden.
15% : [9/13/24]Trump faced significant criticism after the first 2024 presidential debate for suggesting that Black and Hispanic people have only certain types of jobs.

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