Trump warns Ceuta scenes will happen in US if Democrats get reelected

Published July 31, 2026 12:54pm ET



President Donald Trump and his administration are using scenes from the Spanish territory of Ceuta to warn that the tidal wave of illegal immigrants surging across the border could be the United States if Democrats are reelected.

Ceuta, which borders Morocco on the northern coast of Africa, has been deluged with approximately 60,000 illegal immigrants in just 24 hours after mobs tore down fences and swam around the border and into the Spanish enclave. Photos and videos show an army’s worth of migrants — mostly young men — participating in the invasion as authorities scramble to deport the foreign nationals.

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