Donald Trump has renewed his xenophobic criticisms of non-white immigrants, reusing the term "shithole countries" at a recent rally and calling Somali immigrants "trash." This rhetoric has drawn strong reactions and comparisons to historical anti-immigrant movements.

• Trump publicly described some immigrant-sending nations as "shithole countries" and called their citizens "filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime" at a rally in Pennsylvania.
• Senator Ed Markey (Massachusetts) criticized Trump's comments as "more proof of his racist, anti-immigrant agenda," while Florida Republican Randy Fine defended Trump's bluntness.
• Experts like history professor Carl Bon Tempo note that while such anti-immigrant rhetoric has always existed on the far-right, "the difference is now it's coming directly out of the White House," giving it an unprecedented megaphone.