Migrant And Refugee Advocates Call On Trump To Tone Down Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric

People pay their respects at a memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after a shooting there left 11 people dead. Many people see a connection between President Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and hate crimes. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Joel Rose for NPR reports that hours after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, President Trump denounced the attack. “The scourge of anti-Semitism cannot be ignored, cannot be tolerated,” Trump said on Saturday at a campaign rally in Illinois. But some are still troubled by what the president has not said about the synagogue killings. Authorities say the alleged shooter was motivated by hatred of Jews. On social media, the shooter also raged against immigrants.

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