Trump visits Grand Rapids to deliver a message about Mexican border security

Former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference with west Michigan sheriffs at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 2, 2024. Trump focused on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, whose boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, a citizen of Mexico who was in the U.S. illegally and, prosecutors say, has confessed to shooting her and dumping her body on a freeway near downtown Grand Rapids.

Former President Donald Trump leads a conversation with law enforcement officials and members of the U.S. House from Michigan in Grand Rapids on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

Protestors stand outside the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids before former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference focusing on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids.

Gary Jones of Lowell stands outside the event before former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference in Grand Rapids about the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia.

Michigan GOP Chairman Pete Hoekstra speaks with attendees before former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference with west Michigan sheriffs at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids.

Supporters line the streets before former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference with west Michigan sheriffs at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Tuesday. Trump focused on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids.

VanBuren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott speaks while former President Donald Trump listens at a news conference with west Michigan sheriffs at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 2, 2024. Trump focused on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, whose boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, a citizen of Mexico who was in the U.S. illegally and, prosecutors say, has confessed to shooting her and dumping her body on a freeway near downtown Grand Rapids.

Role Makki of Livonia waits for former President Donald Trump to speak at a news conference in Grand Rapids, Tuesday.

Former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Tuesday. Trump focused on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, whose boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, a citizen of Mexico who was in the U.S. illegally and, prosecutors say, has confessed to shooting her and dumping her body on a freeway near downtown Grand Rapids.

Former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference with west Michigan sheriffs at DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Tuesday afternoon. Trump focused on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, whose boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, a citizen of Mexico who was in the U.S. illegally and, prosecutors say, has confessed to shooting her and dumping her body on a freeway near downtown Grand Rapids.

Former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference in Grand Rapids, Tuessday, focusing on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, whose boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, a citizen of Mexico who was in the U.S. illegally and, prosecutors say, has confessed to shooting her and dumping her body on a freeway near downtown Grand Rapids.

Former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference in Grand Rapids, Tuessday, focusing on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, whose boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, a citizen of Mexico who was in the U.S. illegally and, prosecutors say, has confessed to shooting her and dumping her body on a freeway near downtown Grand Rapids.

Former President Donald Trump gives remarks at a news conference in Grand Rapids, Tuessday, focusing on the recent slaying of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia of Grand Rapids, whose boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, a citizen of Mexico who was in the U.S. illegally and, prosecutors say, has confessed to shooting her and dumping her body on a freeway near downtown Grand Rapids.

A man wears a pin supporting former President Donald Trump's reelection bid.