Trump vows mass deportations would begin in Ohio, Colorado cities
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Former President Donald Trump said Friday that if he’s elected again, mass deportations will first target Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colorado, two cities cited by the Republican nominee in recent days as examples of places overrun by criminal migrants, despite that officials in both towns have disputed those claims. Meanwhile, Trump dodged a question about whether his rhetoric about migrants in Springfield may have fueled threats at schools and other buildings in the city. “We're going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country, and we're going to start with Springfield and Aurora,” Trump said during a news conference Friday at his golf club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Trump falsely claimed “20,000 illegal Haitian migrants have descended upon” Springfield. According to the city, while Springfield...