Trump homes in on Grand Rapids woman's killing; critics question his sincerity

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "Trump plans to hold an event Tuesday with law enforcement officials from Michigan in downtown Grand Rapids as he makes immigration and border security a cornerstone of his third campaign for the White House, casting border-crossers as dangerous criminals "poisoning the blood" of America.
55% : In December, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported a record 301,982 encounters with border-crossers along the U.S.-Mexico border, a 308% increase compared with December 2020, Trump's last full month in office, according to federal data.
54% : Trump has called recent record-high arrests for southwest border crossings an "invasion" orchestrated by Democrats to transform America's very makeup.
53% : That Senate plan would have added Customs and Border Protection personnel, immigration judges and asylum officers, according to the Democratic president's administration.
53% : The two police officers, which included Daniel Hodges, a D.C. Metropolitan Police officer, argued Trump only supports law enforcement and cares about violence -- like the slaying of Garcia -- when it's politically convenient for him.
49% : We had him out of here, and he came back," Trump said on Justin Barclay's show on WFDF-AM (910).
48% : "This is something that is country-changing," Trump said Monday.
40% : But the Democratic leader said she was "very concerned" about the perception of law enforcement officials appearing with Trump on Tuesday.
39% : The suspect in her death, Ortiz-Vite, was sent back to Mexico in September 2020 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the administration of then-President Trump, according to ICE.
34% : ICE says it does not know whether Ortiz-Vite unlawfully re-entered the country during the final months of Trump's presidency or if he crossed the southern border again since Biden took office in late January 2021.
33% : Ortiz-Vite is a Mexican national who was previously deported when Trump was president, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
32% : State Rep. Bryan Posthumus, a Republican from suburban Grand Rapids, said Monday he hopes to hear Trump lay out a plan that will "lock down our border toward illegal immigrants while opening the door to those who chose to come here legally and proudly.""The need for strong leadership and strong immigration policies has never been more clear," Posthumus said.
23% : Trump on Monday highlighted the killing of Ruby Garcia, a 25-year-old Grand Rapids woman, whose boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, allegedly shot her and dumped her body on March 22 on the side of U.S. 131, just north of downtown Grand Rapids.
20% : President Joe Biden also portrays the situation as a policy dispute that Congress can fix and hits Republican lawmakers in Washington for backing away from a border security deal after facing criticism from Trump.
17% : But Whitmer criticized Trump for pushing against a U.S. Senate proposal that Republican and Democratic supporters believed would have increased border security to help handle the surge in migrants.
16% : Donald Trump is expected to zero in on illegal immigration Tuesday during a visit to Grand Rapids, as one of his harshest Democratic critics from Michigan acknowledges there's a "real problem" at the U.S.-Mexico border but blames the former Republican president for it not getting fixed.
16% : "My thought is this: 'Wait, now you care about domestic violence, Donald Trump?
14% : Trump accuses Biden of purposely allowing criminals and potential terrorists to enter the country unchecked, going so far as to claim the president is engaged in a "conspiracy to overthrow the United States of America.
11% : While Trump has attempted to frame the immigration debate around crimes committed by migrants who unlawfully entered the country, the Biden campaign has tried to steer the debate back toward each candidate's record on law and order by focusing on Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob rioted at the U.S. Capitol.

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