US officials letting in illegal immigrants so they can vote: Trump

October 08, 2016 01:05

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday accused US authorities of speeding citizenship proceedings for some illegal immigrants so they can vote, returning to a core issue as he girded for a second debate against Democrat Hillary Clinton.

"They're letting people pour into the country so they can go and vote," Trump said during a meeting with representatives of the National Border Patrol Council, the union that represents Border Patrol agents, at Trump Tower in New York.

The New York businessman provided no specifics on the accusation.

But Shawn Moran, a Border Patrol council spokesman, said after the meeting that the union was not suggesting illegal immigrants were being allowed to vote, but that US immigration officials were fast-tracking applications for citizenship before the November 8 election.

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