特朗普总统周三早上避免回答记者关于他使用“入侵”一词来形容聚集在南部边境的拉美移民的问题。周六埃尔帕索的一份宣言中也提到了这个词。

       “你和埃尔帕索的枪手使用了相同的语言，”记者说，问道，“你后悔吗？”

       特朗普没有回答，而是重复了他对移民的观点，并兜售他长期承诺的边界墙。

       “你在说非法移民，是吗？我认为非法移民对这个国家来说是一件可怕的事情，”总统回答说。他接着说，“开放边境对我们国家来说是一件非常糟糕的事情。”

       特朗普补充说，他的政府正在努力阻止无证移民进入美国。“我们现在正在建一堵墙。”

       “我认为我们必须有合法移民，而不是非法移民，”他在离开记者前总结道。

       集体射击在德克萨斯州边境城市的沃尔玛，22人死亡，20多人受伤。这名嫌疑人的身份是21岁的帕特里克·克鲁修斯，他与一份警告“西班牙人入侵德克萨斯”的网上宣言有关联，并主张拉丁美洲人应该被杀死。

       检察官表示，他们正在考虑对克鲁修斯提起仇恨犯罪指控，认为他的动机主要基于种族主义意识形态。

       本周批评者指出，特朗普总统经常重复宣言中的语言:他将来自中美洲和墨西哥的移民流归类为“入侵”，并将移民(主要是家庭和儿童)广泛归类为“罪犯”

       特朗普在2015年宣布总统竞选时，称墨西哥人为“强奸犯”，并在2019年5月的一次集会上，当一个支持者建议移民应该被枪杀时笑着开着玩笑。

TRUMP RANTS ABOUT 'ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION' WHEN ASKED ABOUT USING WORD 'INVASION' LIKE EL PASO SHOOTER

       President Trump avoided answering a reporter's question Wednesday morning about his use of the word "invasion" to describe Latin American immigrants amassing at the southern border. The term was also referenced in a manifesto linked to the mass shooter in El Paso on Saturday.

       "You and the shooter in El Paso used the same language," the reporter said, asking, "do you regret that?"

       Instead of answering, Trump repeated his views on immigration and touted his long-promised border wall.

       "You are talking about illegal immigration, yes? I think illegal immigration is a terrible thing for this country," the president responded. He went on to argue that "open borders are a very bad thing for our country."

       Trump added that his administration was working to stop undocumented migrants coming into the U.S. "We're building a wall right now."

       "I believe we have to have legal immigration, not illegal immigration," he concluded before walking away from reporters.

       A mass shooting at a Walmart in the Texas border city left 22 people dead and more than two dozen wounded. The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, has been linked to an online manifesto that warned of the "Hispanic invasion of Texas" and argued that Latin Americans should be killed.

       Prosecutors say they are considering filing hate crime charges against Crusius, believing his motivation was based largely on a racist ideology.

       This week critics have pointed out that President Trump has frequently echoed language found in the manifesto: He's classified the flow of migrants from Central America and Mexico as an "invasion," and has broadly labeled migrants, who are largely families and children, as "criminals."

       In announcing his presidential campaign in 2015, Trump referred to Mexicans as "rapists" and, at a rally in May 2019, laughed and joked along when a supporter suggested migrants should be shot.