What he called them · First term · № 71

In his words

Tweeted that Democrats want illegal immigrants to 'pour into and infest our Country'

“Democrats are the problem. They don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13.”

Said

June 19, 2018, Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)

Subject

Undocumented immigrants

Target

Immigrants

Topic

Immigration

Era

First term

What happened

The tweet came at the height of public outcry over family separations under the administration's 'zero tolerance' border policy. On June 20, 2018, Trump signed an executive order ending the separations, though many children were still apart from their parents. On June 24 he tweeted, 'We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country,' and called for sending people back 'with no Judges or Court Cases.'

Sources

1. Tweets of June 19, 2018 The American Presidency Project (UCSB), Jun 19, 2018
2. Trump Re-Ups 'Infestation' Rhetoric In Immigration Debate CBS Chicago (CNN), Jun 19, 2018
3. Tweets of June 24, 2018 The American Presidency Project (UCSB), Jun 24, 2018