Illegal immigrant in Trump-promoted ad last entered the US under Bush, released by Arpaio

Published November 2, 2018 3:36pm ET



The illegal immigrant highlighted in a racially charged campaign ad President Trump posted on social media Wednesday entered the U.S. on multiple occasions, the final time under the Bush administration, and was released by former Republican Sheriff Joe Arpaio, according to a new report.

The ad accuses Democrats of allowing Luis Bracamontes of Mexico, who was convicted of killing two U.S. police officers in 2014 and received the death penalty when he was sentenced in April, “into our country” and allowing him to “stay.”

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