Trump Says U.S. Risks Being ‘Overrun’ Without ‘Strong’ Borders

  • Fundraiser for Dean Heller, seen as most at-risk GOP incumbent
  • President continues to dig at Democrats over immigrant crime

U.S. President Donald Trump

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President Donald Trump defended his immigration policies at an event in Nevada aimed at boosting the prospects of a Republican senator facing a difficult re-election fight, saying that without a tough stance on the border the U.S. would be “overrun.”

Trump held a closed-door fundraiser in the Las Vegas area on Saturday for Senator Dean Heller, and afterward addressed the Nevada Republican Party Convention. He was next scheduled to attend a tax-focused event, six months after the passage of major tax-cutting legislation.