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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Donald Trump is turning up the volume as he accuses <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Biden</a> of failing to protect Americans from violent crime that the former president says is being committed by illegal immigrants and deadly drugs pouring over the nation's southern border with Mexico.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump fired </a>numerous salvos at his successor in the White House during a campaign stop Tuesday in this city in western Michigan. The former president's stop comes in the wake of the March 22 murder of Ruby Garcia, a 25-year-old woman allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant who had been deported to Mexico in 2020 but returned to the U.S. Garcia's death is dominating local conservative talk radio and social media. Pointing to Garcia's death, Trump emphasized that "a beautiful young woman was savagely murdered by an illegal alien criminal. Under the Trump administration, this monster had been deported, thrown out of the country."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-eyes-dual-strategy-flip-script-biden-legal-hurdles-have-messaging" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TRUMP'S DUAL STRATEGY TO BALANCE COURT APPEARANCES WITH THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL</a>"We threw him out of the country and crooked Joe Biden took him back," Trump argued. "It's a border bloodbath, and it's destroying our country… it's going to end on the day that I take office, which will be January 20."Standing behind Trump as he spoke was a group of law enforcement officials and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections/republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican politicians</a>, who joined the former president for a roundtable discussion minutes earlier. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/previously-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-murder-25-year-old-michigan-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF 25-YEAR OLD MICHIGAN WOMAN</a>Before Trump arrived in Michigan, the Republican National Committee fired up a new website, BidenBloodbath.com, which they argue is dedicated to "highlighting the horrors of Biden Migrant Crime."Ahead of Trump's visit to Grand Rapids, Biden campaign communications director in Michigan Alyssa Bradley charged that the former president would "once again try to politicize a tragedy and sow hate and division."And Biden's campaign reiterated their charge that Trump tanked the bipartisan border security bill that they say would have allowed the president to "shut down the border right now and fix it quickly.""It was Donald  Trump who ordered his MAGA allies to kill it because he thinks it helps him politically – he doesn’t actually care about border security," Biden's campaign claimed.While Trump was in Grand Rapids, the Democratic National Committee went up with billboards in the city charging "Donald Trump broke the border." The Biden campaign also spotlighted in a release "violent crime is down nationally – in Detroit, homicides hit a 57 year record low in 2023. "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illegal immigration</a> and border security have long been top of mind for Republican voters, and GOP leaders for over three years have heavily criticized Biden and his administration over the surge in border crossings by migrants. The president's approval rating on handling the border and immigration remains deeply underwater.After his stop in Michigan, Trump headed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to headline a rally. Michigan and Wisconsin were two of the six crucial battleground states that Biden narrowly edged Trump to win the White House four years ago.An average of the most recent polls in Michigan compiled by Real Clear Politics indicates Trump with a slight edge over Biden. Fox News' Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub</a><a rel="noopener">.</a>

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title: Trump spotlights 'Biden's Border Bloodbath' during stop in crucial battleground
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content: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Donald Trump is turning up the
 volume as he accuses <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Biden</a> of failing to protect Americans
 from violent crime that the former president says is being committed by illegal
 immigrants and deadly drugs pouring over the nation's southern border with Mexico.<a
 href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump
 fired </a>numerous salvos at his successor in the White House during a campaign
 stop Tuesday in this city in western Michigan. The former president's stop
 comes in the wake of the March 22 murder of Ruby Garcia, a 25-year-old woman allegedly
 killed by an illegal immigrant who had been deported to Mexico in 2020 but returned
 to the U.S. Garcia's death is dominating local conservative talk radio and social
 media. Pointing to Garcia's death, Trump emphasized that "a beautiful young
 woman was savagely murdered by an illegal alien criminal. Under the Trump administration,
 this monster had been deported, thrown out of the country."<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-eyes-dual-strategy-flip-script-biden-legal-hurdles-have-messaging"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">TRUMP'S DUAL STRATEGY TO BALANCE COURT APPEARANCES
 WITH THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL</a>"We threw him out of the country and
 crooked Joe Biden took him back," Trump argued. "It's a border bloodbath, and it's
 destroying our country… it's going to end on the day that I take office, which will
 be January 20."Standing behind Trump as he spoke was a group of law enforcement
 officials and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections/republicans"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican politicians</a>, who joined the former
 president for a roundtable discussion minutes earlier. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/previously-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-murder-25-year-old-michigan-woman"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED
 WITH MURDER OF 25-YEAR OLD MICHIGAN WOMAN</a>Before Trump arrived
 in Michigan, the Republican National Committee fired up a new website, BidenBloodbath.com,
 which they argue is dedicated to "highlighting the horrors of Biden Migrant Crime."Ahead
 of Trump's visit to Grand Rapids, Biden campaign communications director in Michigan
 Alyssa Bradley charged that the former president would "once again try to politicize
 a tragedy and sow hate and division."And Biden's campaign reiterated their
 charge that Trump tanked the bipartisan border security bill that they say would
 have allowed the president to "shut down the border right now and fix it quickly.""It
 was Donald  Trump who ordered his MAGA allies to kill it because he thinks it helps
 him politically – he doesn’t actually care about border security," Biden's campaign
 claimed.While Trump was in Grand Rapids, the Democratic National Committee
 went up with billboards in the city charging "Donald Trump broke the border." The
 Biden campaign also spotlighted in a release "violent crime is down nationally –
 in Detroit, homicides hit a 57 year record low in 2023. "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/immigration/illegal-immigrants"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illegal immigration</a> and border security
 have long been top of mind for Republican voters, and GOP leaders for over three
 years have heavily criticized Biden and his administration over the surge in border
 crossings by migrants. The president's approval rating on handling the border and
 immigration remains deeply underwater.After his stop in Michigan, Trump headed
 to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to headline a rally. Michigan and Wisconsin were two of
 the six crucial battleground states that Biden narrowly edged Trump to win the White
 House four years ago.An average of the most recent polls in Michigan compiled
 by Real Clear Politics indicates Trump with a slight edge over Biden. Fox
 News' Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/elections"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get the latest updates from the 2024
 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub</a><a
 rel="noopener">.</a>
summary: Former President Donald Trump takes aim at President Biden over crime and
 the crisis at the southern border during a stop in Michigan, a crucial general election
 battleground state
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