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Former presidential candidate of the GOP, Indian-origin Vivek Ramaswamy speaking at the Republican Party’s National Convention promised illegal immigrants will be ‘returned’ to the country of their origin.
“Our message to illegal immigrants is also this; we will return you to your country of origin. Not because you’re all bad people, but because you broke the law and the United States of America was founded on the rule of law” the 38-year-old who dropped out of the presidential race earlier this year.
He was addressing the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday night.
“To every legal immigrant: you’re like my parents. You deserve the opportunity to secure a better life for your children in America,” The former Trump rival said in remarks that he later posted on his X platform.
Ramaswamy’s parents migrated to the US from Kerala in the 1980s.
Ramaswamy added that he would seal the southern border on the first day if they came to power. “We believe in the rule of law… We will seal the southern border on day one,” he said.
Ramaswamy said that these ideas are not divided on the lines of race or party. They are American ideas that we fought a revolution to secure. “Donald Trump is the president who will actually unite this country through action. Success and excellence are unifying.”
Meanwhile, Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina Governor in her address to the Republican National Convention said, “Donald Trump has my strong endorsement.”
Speaking about the border issue, Haley said that it’s the single biggest threat Americans face under US President Joe Biden. “Migrants are coming into our country by the thousands every day. We have no idea who they are, or what they plan to do. Kamala [Harris] had one job, to fix the border. Under Donald Trump, we didn’t have the border disaster we have today. I was proud to serve America in President Trump’s cabinet.”
She said that when Trump was the President, Putin did not invade Ukraine because he knew Trump was strong.
