TRUMP INSISTED MEXICO SENT “THE BAD ONES” – LIKE THE RAPISTS AND CRIMINALS --- OVER TO THE DUMPING GROUND KNOWS AS THE U.S. Trump: “Druggies, Drug Dealers, Rapists And Killers Are Coming Across The Southern Border. When Will The U.S. Get Smart And Stop This Travesty?” [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 6/19/15] Trump On Immigrants Crossing The Border From Mexico: “They Are Bringing Drugs And They Are Bringing Crime, They’re Rapists.” “When Mexico sends its people, they are not sending their best. They are not sending you. They are not sending you. They are sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems with us, they are bringing drugs and they are bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some are good people, and I speak to border guards and they tell us what we are getting. It only makes common sense. It only makes common sense. They’re sending us not the right people. It's coming all over south and Latin America and it's coming probably, probably from the Middle East, but we don't know because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don't know what is happening and it has got to stop and it has to stop fast.” [Donald Trump Presidential Campaign Announcement, 6/16/15] • Washington Post: During His Presidential Announcement, “[Trump] Called Immigrants From Mexico Rapists.” Washington Post on Trump’s announcement: “And that's editing out the part where he called immigrants from Mexico rapists.” [Washington Post, 6/16/15] • New York Times: “[Trump] Vowed To Build A ‘Great Wall’ On The Mexican Border To Keep Out Rapists And Other Criminals, Who He Said Were Sneaking Into The United States In Droves.” “Mr. Trump’s policy views can be just as provocative as his demeanor. In the past, he has called climate change ‘a hoax’ and said he has a ‘foolproof’ plan to defeat the Islamic State, which he will not reveal so as not to tip off the group. On Tuesday, he vowed to build a ‘great wall’ on the Mexican border to keep out rapists and other criminals, who he said were sneaking into the United States in droves.” [New York Times, 6/17/15] New York Times: “Mr. Trump Has Stood By His Remarks That Those Mexicans Sneaking Across The Border Are Rapists And Criminals, Arguing That His Critics Are Trying To Avoid The Issue Of Immigration.” [New York Times, 7/1/15] Trump: “El Chapo And The Mexican Drug Cartels Use The Border Unimpeded Like It Was A Vacuum Cleaner, Sucking Drugs And Death Right Into The U.S.” [@realDonaldTrump, Twitter, 7/13/15] PolitiFact Rated Trump’s Claim That “The Mexican Government ... They Send The Bad Ones Over” Pants On Fire. “Trump said, ‘The Mexican government ... they send the bad ones over.’ Setting aside the question of whether Mexicans who have come to the United States are ‘bad’ or not, we found no evidence of any Mexican policy that pushes people out of Mexico and into the United States. As has been the case for decades, a combination of economic and family factors accounts for most of the migration from Mexico to the United States. For the second time, we rate this claim Pants on Fire.” [PolitiFact, 8/6/15] TRUMP SAID THE U.S. HAD BECOME A DUMPING GROUND FOR “PROBLEM” IMMIGRANTS FROM MEXICO Confidential Page 146