Trump suggests illegal immigrants who commit crimes have ‘bad genes’

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Former President Donald Trump suggested Monday that people who are in the country illegally and have committed crimes have “bad genes” in his latest attack on immigrants.

During an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump made the comment while criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris on border security. Trump accused her of “allowing people to come through an open border, 13,000 of which were murderers.”

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