US Presidential debate: 'We have some bad hombres in the US', says Donald Trump

Hatty Collier20 October 2016

Donald Trump said if he is elected president he would make it a priority to make sure that “bad hombres” living in the US illegally would be booted out of the country.

The Republican presidential hopeful said he would build a wall on the Mexican border and deport "some bad, bad people” during his final TV showdown with Hillary Clinton.

“We have some bad hombres here and we are going to get them out,” Mr Trump said as he accused his opponent of supporting “amnesty” for illegal immigrants at the debate in Las Vegas.

Mr Trump said his immigration plan would focus on securing the US-Mexico border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs coming into the country.

After that, he said he would consider what to do with the remaining illegal immigrants living in the US.

Mr Trump's proposal for a wall at the US-Mexico border helped fuel his rise to the Republican Party nomination.

Ahead of the debate, hundreds of hospitality workers built “a wall of tack trucks” outside his Las Vegas hotel in protest at his proposal.

Mr Trump accused the Democratic presidential nominee and former secretary of state of supporting "open borders" for immigration in the US.

He quoted Mrs Clinton’s private speech from hacked emails released by WikiLeaks saying her "dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders."

Mrs Clinton pointed out that she went on to say that vision includes "energy that is as green and sustainable as we can get it, powering growth and opportunity for every person in the hemisphere".

She said she was talking about open borders for energy, not immigration.

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