Trump says 'new category' of crime under Biden-Harris administration is 'out of control'

Former President Trump told a crowd in Asheville, North Carolina, on Wednesday that a new category of crime involving migrants has emerged under the Biden-Harris administration and is “getting out of control.”

The Republican presidential nominee was expected to make an economic argument against Vice President Kamala Harris the centerpiece at a campaign rally at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium at Harrah's Cherokee Center. It was Trump's second stop in the crucial southeastern swing state in the three and a half weeks since Harris replaced Biden as the likely nominee at the top of the Democratic ticket for 2024.

While Trump talked about price increases under Harris, which would cost the average household up to $28,000, and about credit card debt exploding to its highest level ever, he also repeatedly addressed the issues of the border and illegal immigration.

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Former President Trump told a crowd in Asheville, North Carolina, that the Biden-Harris administration had created a new, “out-of-control” crime system called “migrant crime.”

Trump said no country could tolerate what was currently happening in the United States, with millions of “illegal aliens” streaming into the country from unknown countries.

“They all said I was wrong when I said migrant crime was going to reach epidemic proportions, and now it's much worse,” Trump said. “It's much worse than epidemic proportions. It's out of control. We have a new category of crime. It's called migrant crime, and I believe it will end up being the worst category of all.”

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On March 21, 2024, over 100 migrants attempt to illegally enter the United States across the southern border of Texas. (James Breeden for New York Post/Mega)

He said there had been cases in the past week in which migrants had been accused of rape, murder and other crimes.

On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents tracked down and arrested a Haitian immigrant who had previously been released on $500 bail despite being charged with raping a child in Massachusetts.

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Cory B. Alvarez is alleged to have raped a young girl in a Massachusetts motel where migrants were housed. (Fox News)

The migrant, 26-year-old Cory Alvarez, is accused of raping a young girl in March at a Massachusetts motel where other migrants were also staying. He entered the United States legally through New York City in June 2023 and was sponsored by someone in New Jersey.

A Nicaraguan migrant accused of raping a woman near a popular Brooklyn beach promenade this week was detained by ICE after being previously arrested on sexual assault charges, but was released after a plea agreement with local prosecutors, a report said.

Daniel Davon-Bonilla, 24, had been at large since June when he was arrested late Sunday night for the alleged attack in Coney Island, according to the New York Post. The Big Apple is a “sanctuary city,” meaning local law enforcement generally does not cooperate with ICE warrants, which are requests to notify the agency before the immigrant is released from custody and to keep them in custody until ICE can take them into custody.

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A mug shot of David Davon-Bonilla, who was charged with raping a woman on August 11 in New York City's Coney Island neighborhood. (Received from NY Post)

“Nothing good will come of this,” Trump said. “And now it's getting more and more violent.”

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Migrants at the southern border and Vice President Kamala Harris. Democrats argue that Harris has never served as a “border guard.” (Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached out to Harris and Trump's campaign teams for comment.

Although Trump called the migrant situation “out of control,” he told the crowd in Asheville that he had a plan if he was elected.

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“If Kamala wins, there will be mass amnesty and citizenship for all illegal immigrants under Biden and Harris who have flooded into our country,” he said. “If I win, there will be the largest deportation effort in American history starting at noon on Inauguration Day 2025.”

Fox News' Greg Norman and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.