News Today August 22 2024: Trump visits border wall in Arizona, DNC preview in Chicago | LiveNOW FOX

Former President Trump will visit the U.S. southern border in Cochise County, Arizona, this Thursday, amid a broken border resulting in hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants pouring into the country, and a drug crisis fueled by fentanyl pushed by drug cartels.

Trump’s campaign announced his visit on Sunday, blaming Vice President Kamala Harris, who was referred to as "border Czar Kamala Harris," for the "country’s worst border crisis."

"Despite nearly 10 million immigrant crossings in the last three and a half years, at least 99 individuals on the terrorist watch list being released into our country, deadly drugs like fentanyl being peddled in by cartels and poisoning American communities, and a huge increase in crime and chaos caused by illegal immigrants – there is no end in sight for Kamala Harris’ border crisis," the announcement read. "Our country continues to witness more and more violent and deadly crimes committed by illegal immigrants."

Trump’s campaign then referred to Americans like Jocelyn Nungaray, Laken Riley and Rachel Morin, who were all allegedly killed by illegal immigrants.
Two Venezuelan nationals – 21-year-old Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and 26-year-old Franklin Jose Peña Ramos – have been charged with capital murder in connection with the death of 12-year-old Nungaray's death. The two men crossed illegally into the U.S. earlier this year, and are accused of strangling the pre-teen to death in June.

Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant, was charged with 22-year-old Riley’s murder. Ibarra entered the U.S. through El Paso, Texas, in 2022 and was freed on border parole. He initially lived in New York City, where he was arrested for endangering a child prior to his move to Athens, Georgia.

Ibarra has been charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call and concealing the death of another in connection to Riley's murder.
The El Salvadoran national responsible for Morin’s death, 23-year-old Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, was also in the country illegally, and according to U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was caught by Border Patrol three times within a matter of days in January and February 2023 and kicked back to Mexico under Title 42 each time. He then successfully entered the U.S. as a gotaway, meaning he entered without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration officer, in February 2023 near El Paso, Texas.

Trump’s campaign also pointed to the fentanyl crisis, saying over half of the total fentanyl pills entering the country come through the Arizona border.
"In Maricopa County, more than three people die every day on average due to fentanyl," the announcement read. "President Donald J. Trump knows that the people of Arizona and the rest of the country cannot take another four years of a missing-in-action border Czar who refuses to act to secure our border and protect our country."

Despite Trump's statements critical of Harris's handling of the border, Arizona border Mayor Ken Budge of Brisbee claims Harris is the only candidate with a record of "standing up for Arizona border communities" like his, and can be trusted to support and fix the issue.

"It’s a stark contrast from Donald Trump and JD Vance, who do not want solutions and worked to kill the toughest and fairest border security deal in decades earlier this year, leaving Arizonans out to dry," Budge said. "The truth is, Trump and Vance only want to campaign off of an issue, they fixed nothing while in office. Voters can tell the difference between leaders like Vice President Harris who are fighting for us and MAGA extremists who never deliver and just want to force mass deportation, hurting our communities."

Budge accused Trump of killing the "toughest and fairest bill in a generation to secure the border," to help himself politically, and even said "blame it on me" after the bill was endorsed by the Border Patrol.

"Reasonable Republicans said it was ‘appalling,' the ‘height of stupidity,’ ‘immoral,’ and ‘tragic’ that Trump stopped common sense solutions to secure the border," Budge alleged.

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[mindyw]

I live here near the border and I knew something was up when that helicopter was circling over our McDonalds.

[worldtravelerxoxo]

All media outlets should have live fact checking

[MeWhy-ddmd]

Help veterans that our homeless not illegal immigrants let vets stay in hotels with room service

[lavendarmoon]

There's app 2000 people watching the DNC on livenow Fox and there's over 314, 000 people watching Trump at the Border. 😅😅😂😂
Trump/Vance 24 ✝️🇺🇲✌️🙏❤️

[blackhawk]

1 million fentanyl pills confiscated....smh. We all know someone who addicted to these pills. Family, friends, etc etc.

[T-willy-ec]

unskilled labor all colors, not just Black and Hispanic jobs it is affecting white people as well, that way of saying it just doesn't sound right, we want to unite this country. Trump/Vance 2024USA

[archu]

He walk the talk and dare to stand in front of the border to give speech

[charlesg]

fox not letting us see The Coments 😂😂 as they actualy Have started Long Ago

[sunsunnydayz]

We need Trump to make America great again! Trump 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[patw]

Battery plants owned by China in Michigan. 😂😂😂 what a joke.

[angelodgreat]

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[timkasten]

Classic Trump! He said San Francisco was a great city 15 years ago! Newsome was the mayor and Kalama was the DA. Sounds like an endorsement to me! Bahaha 🤣

[RG-vcnn]

I SEVERED IN IRAQ AND I AM A VET . I HAVE ISSUES WITH BAD NIGHTMARES, I HAVE PTSD . I VOTED FOR TRUMP BACK IN 2016 AND I REGRET DOING SO!!! MY PTSD PILLS FOR 30 PILLS WERE 40 BUCKS AND AFTER TRUMP MADE PROMISES TO LOWER PRESCRICTION COST . IT WENT UP TO 97 DOLLARS FOR 10 PILLS 😡😡😡!!!! GAS PRICES WENT UP, RENT WENT UP, MIMiMUM WAGE DID NOT INCREASE ON TRUMPS WATCH. THANK GOD I USED THE GI BILL TO GO TO COLLEGE, HOWEVER TITUTION COST OF COLLEGE WENT UP TOO UNDER TRUMPS OFFICE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THE GI BILL COULDN'T COVER THE WHOLE 4 YEARS. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY POCKET FOR THE REST WORKING HARD JOBS WHILE BEING A VET . I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR THIS ORANGE MAN AGAIN!!!! I'M VOTING FOR KAMALA HARRIS FOR TRUE CHANGE . I AM TIRED OF THIS NEGATIVE ORANGE GUY

[JoaoCeloto.]

FROM BRAZIL
MAGA
(Deus abençoe TRUMP)

[archlab]

LOL. he talked about how San Francisco was so great 15 years ago....when Gavin Newsom was mayor, and Kamala Harris was a prosecutor there.

😂😂😂😂

[MasterOfMinds]

Noone there just around 10 - 12 peoples damn 😂

[italianjob]

That's a prime example of word salad.

[JamieSchulteNunez]

Our hearts break with and for all of the families. Our prayers are with the many families.

[VegasVaron]

Still waiting for Mexico to pay for the wall! 🤣

[CEN-Cali]

Vote vote vote all of you. We have to back his man while the corps try to elect a puppet to implement a corporate socialist rule.