evidence: "Many of them murdered far more than one person, and they’re now happily living in the United States," he added. "You know, now a murderer, I believe this, it’s in their genes. And we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now. They left, they had 425,000 people come into our country that shouldn’t be here, that are criminals." [...] Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said earlier Monday that the former president "was clearly talking about MURDERERS — not migrants." [...] Trump has long invoked disparaging rhetoric when discussing immigration. He launched his 2016 presidential campaign by complaining about Mexico "not sending the best" people. His comments have ramped up since then, accusing immigrants of "poisoning the blood of our country," a phrase that the Biden campaign likened to the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler and drew rebuke from Republican lawmakers.