BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s three-day campaign trip out West (all times local): 7:55 p.m. President Donald Trump has pounded Democrats at a rally in Mesa Arizona, saying they are to blame for America’s immigration problems. He says the new platform of the Democratic Party is ‘Radical socialism and open borders.’ Trump says the Democrats are opening ‘inviting millions of illegal aliens to break our laws, violate our borders and overwhelm our nation.’ Trump also pledged to end what is called ‘chain migration/ where one person immigrates and then brings their extended family into the country. Trump’s comments about ‘radical socialism’ and ‘open borders’ are not accurate reflections of Democratic positions. And his comments about migrants breaking the law and being “hardened criminals” do not provide a correct picture of the immigrant population.”
–The Associated Press, “The Latest: Trump Blaming Democrats for Immigration Problem,” The New York Times online, October 19, 2018