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Trump blames New Orleans attack on illegal immigrants before police confirm suspect’s identity
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Emergency services attend the scene on Bourbon Street after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
US President-elect Donald Trump links the deadly truck attack on a crowd of revelers in New Orleans to illegal immigration — the issue at the heart of his election victory.
“When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in the country… it turned out to be true,” Trump posts on social media. Police have not indicated the nationality or identity of the attacker.
Trump also claims that the nation’s crime rate “is at a level that nobody has ever seen.” In fact, violent crime is sharply down across the country, according to the FBI.
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