As Midterm Vote Nears, Trump Reprises a Favorite Message: Fear Immigrants

President Trump’s closing argument is now clear: Build tent cities for migrants. End birthright citizenship. Fear the caravan. Send active-duty troops to the border. Refuse asylum.

Immigration has been the animating issue of the Trump presidency, and now — with the possibility that Republicans could face significant losses in the midterm elections on Tuesday — the president has fully embraced a dark, anti-immigrant message in the hope that stoking fear will motivate voters to reject Democrats. CONT.

Michael D. Shear & Julie Hirschfeld Davis, New York Times