Donald Trump has pledged that any migrants who kill American citizens will face the death penalty if he is elected.
The Republican presidential candidate made the announcement as he revealed plans to dismantle gangs of illegal migrants he claims have “overrun” US towns and cities.
“I am hereby calling for the death penalty for any migrant that kills any American citizen or a law enforcement officer,” Trump told a rally of supporters in Aurora, Colorado.
The former president has previously claimed that the city had been turned into a “war zone” by members of Tren de Aragua, a violent Venezuelan gang.
He announced plans to “expedite the removals of these savage gangs” by invoking the Illegal Aliens Act, a law from 1798 that allows the president to declare an “invasion” and deport non-citizens.
“We will send elite squads of ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], Border Patrol and federal law enforcement officers and arrest and deport every last illegal alien gang member until there is not a single one left,” Trump said, dubbing the scheme “Operation Aurora”.
Those who attempt to return to the US after being deported would be locked up for 10 years without the possibility of parole, he added.
He claimed that multiple apartment buildings in Aurora had been taken over by Tren de Aragua, and that it was just one of several US cities that had been “invaded and conquered” by foreign criminals. Local officials have pushed back on the characterisation.
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