Trump Baselessly Claims Democrats Encourage Voting by Undocumented Immigrants
- ‘Extremist’ policies threaten ‘your hospitals,’ ‘your schools’
- President repeats unsubstantiated claims of illegal voting
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President Donald Trump claimed that Democrats encourage undocumented immigrants to vote illegally, part of a lengthy attack on migrants, U.S. immigration policy and the opposition party at a campaign rally on Monday.
Trump, who has been trying to make illegal immigration a key issue in the midterm congressional elections, did not provide evidence. The allegation builds on unsubstantiated claims he has previously made that 3 million undocumented people voted for his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton. A panel commissioned by the White House to investigate was disbanded in January without presenting findings amid reports it found no widespread voter fraud.