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Huffington Post // Technology

Trump Escalates Dehumanising Immigrant Rhetoric: ‘We’re Like A Garbage Can’

Friday 25th October 2024, 5:34AM

!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","mediaId":"832edd4b-2cba-4782-ae6a-9c0c0ea828f4"}).render("671b2d7be4b00589e7dc8676");});Former President Donald Trump told rallygoers in Tempe, Arizona, on Thursday that the country is a “garbage can” for immigrants and refugees. “They unleashed an army of migrant gangs waging a campaign of violence,” the former reality television star said at the rally, which took place in a state that is 31.6% Latino.With language playing on fears and biases, a tactic since the first day of his 2016 presidential campaign, he escalated the dehumanising rhetoric in the battleground state of Arizona by calling the U.S. a “dumping ground” for refugees seeking asylum, particularly those from poorer nations.“We’re like a garbage can for the world,” he said, adding that this is the first time he’s made those remarks.“You got millions of people pouring in,” Trump added, despite the fact that illegal border

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