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Is Trump’s Claim Biden Would Increase Immigration By 700% True?

That follows harsh remarks in Minnesota, where the president said Democratic rival Joe Biden will bring more Somalis to the state.

By Pat Kessler

October 14, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Back on the campaign trail this week, President Donald Trump warned that low-income housing will “destroy” suburbs.

That follows harsh remarks in Minnesota, where the president said Democratic rival Joe Biden will bring more Somalis to the state and “turn it into a refugee camp.”

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The president’s overheated rhetoric on refugees drew cheers from the packed-in crowd during a fevered campaign speech in Duluth. Trump repeatedly and falsely accused Biden of planning to “eliminate borders,” and “to inundate your state with a historic flood of refugees!”

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