Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE says the U.S. government is deliberately allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the country so they can vote for Democrats in the November elections.

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"They are letting people pour into this country so they can go and vote," Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, said Friday morning during a meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan, according to a pool report by The Wall Street Journal's Reid Epstein.

Trump was responding to comments made in the meeting by Art Del Cueto, vice president of the the union that represents Border Patrol agents.

Del Cueto told Trump that border patrol agents were being instructed not to deport undocumented immigrants with criminal records, according to the pool report.

Asked by Trump why the U.S. government was telling Border Patrol agents not to deport criminal aliens, Cueto replied, "So they can vote."