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Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants

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By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Time slipping, White House and Senate negotiators are struggling to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth in military aid for Ukraine and national security. But ahead of the holiday recess, it’s becoming apparent any deal may have to wait for the new year. The talks come as Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner in 2024, delivered alarming anti-immigrant remarks about “blood” purity over the weekend, echoing the Nazi slogans of the World War II. Speaking in the early-voting state of New Hampshire, Trump drew on words from Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” as the former U.S. president berated Biden’s team over record numbers of migrants.

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