Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said on Tuesday that false stories about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, that have been amplified by former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance have vilified legal immigrants. Walz also blamed Trump for divisions over immigration reform.
“I believe Sen. Vance wants to solve [the problems of immigration,] but by standing with Donald Trump and not working together to find a solution, it becomes a talking point, and when it becomes a talking point like this, we dehumanize and villainize other human beings,” Walz said during the vice presidential debate.
With just more than a month to go before Election Day, Vance and Walz met for their first and only vice presidential debate on Oct. 1, hosted by CBS in New York.
For more context, our partner PolitiFact is live fact-checking the debate: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-fact-check-vance-and-walz-meet-for-presidential-debate
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