Former President Donald Trump’s “mass deportation plan” took center stage at his latest rally in Arizona on Thursday. Speaking about the overwhelming number of migrants crossing the southern border, Trump said,

Arpaio was one of Trump's earliest and most ardent supporters because the two men share similar hardline views on immigration and border security. Trump on Thursday praised the former sheriff, who was convicted in 2017 of contempt of court, as "one of the greats of all time."

Former President Donald Trump railed against illegal immigration‘s harmful impact on the nation’s global standards during a Tempe, Arizona, rally Thursday evening. Trump first accused Vice President Kamala Harris of throwing open the nation’s southern border to “an invasion of criminal migrants from prisons and jails.

The attacks on the press in Arizona follow reports that Trump praised Hitler and showed fascist leanings to former officials in his administration. The crucial swing state has been a regular stop for the Trump and Kamala Harris campaigns and the election season has led to tension throughout the area.