Trump ratchets up rhetoric, calls for death penalty for migrants who kill Americans - West Hawaii Today

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "I will rescue Aurora and every town that has been invaded and conquered," Trump said.
43% : Illegal immigration is a top voter concern, and Trump is seen by most voters as the person best able to address it, opinion polls show.
41% : Flanked by posters of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, Trump also said that if elected he would launch a national "Operation Aurora" to target the gang members.
41% : Speaking at the rally on Friday, she said she was a lifelong Democrat but that she would vote for Trump due to her experience with crime.
37% : "I'm hereby calling for the death penalty for any migrant that kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer," Trump said to loud cheers from a large crowd of supporters.
29% : Trump has already proposed an expansion of the death penalty for other offenders, including people convicted of sex trafficking women and children.
26% : Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, has noticeably hardened his anti-immigration rhetoric in the final weeks of the Nov. 5 election campaign, where he aims to defeat Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.
25% : Vice President Harris toughened her stance on border security after becoming the Democratic nominee in August, and faults Trump for helping stifle a bipartisan border security bill in Congress earlier this year.
19% : Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, a Republican, said in a statement ahead of the rally that "concerns about Venezuelan gang activity have been grossly exaggerated" and welcomed Trump to tour the city.
16% : Spotlight on AuroraDuring a Sept. 10 presidential debate with Harris, Trump claimed that members of Tren de Aragua controlled several dilapidated Aurora apartment complexes -- allegations refuted by top city officials.

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