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Mr. Trump has centered his campaign on immigration. It has been a catchall for his warnings — and promises — on the economy, jobs, crime, culture and national security.
The decision to double down on their claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating people's pets — which state and local officials dispute and others warn is jeopardizing the safety of Haitian migrants — has kept a bright light shining on a broader message directed at voters in nearby battleground states. "He is trying to say to voters in Michigan and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania that this can happen to your hometown," said Steve Mitchell, a Michigan-based GOP strategist. "You can have a quiet, nice town, and all of a sudden, you are invaded by 30,000 immigrants who don't speak your language, who have a different value system, who have different ways of doing things.
"In short, it is almost an invasion and takeover by foreign nationals in your community that will flip upside down everything you ever had in your life," he said. Others have puzzled over the Trump team's approach. SEE ALSO: Ohio governor says troopers to guard Springfield schools amid 'unfounded' bomb threats They question whether Mr.
Trump will turn off a small pool of moderate-minded voters who remain undecided in the presidential race and could be turned off by the negative...
Seth McLaughlin.
