GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Former president Donald Trump is making his way to DeVos Place in Grand Rapids on Tuesday. He comes with an agenda that's already met opposition.
Trump is expected to make a speech at DeVos Place, located at 303 Monroe Avenue NW, Tuesday afternoon.
He will deliver remarks about the murder case of Ruby Garcia, a 25-year-old Grand Rapids woman who was shot and killed on March 22.
Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25, admitted to shooting Garcia multiple times in her car and then leaving her for dead on US-131. He turned himself in days later with blood on his clothes, court documents detail.
Ortiz-Vite and Garcia were in a romantic relationship, Kent County Prosecutor Christopher Becker described Garcia's death as "the ultimate, worst-case domestic violence scenario."
He was in the United States illegally, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. An ICE spokesperson said Ortiz-Vite is from Mexico, and he was previously deported in 2020. At some point, he reentered the United States.
Trump called the situation "Biden's Border Bloodbath" in a press release.
"Joe Biden's Violent Criminal Illegals are invading backyards and communities across Michigan resulting in death, destruction, and chaos," the release continued.
A group of counter supporters are at DeVos Place ahead of Trump's arrival.
The group, bearing signs that read "no one is illegal," and similar sentiments, marched from Rosa Parks Circle to DeVos Place.
When they arrived, they were met with Trump supporters bearing American flags and signs that said "Trump 2024," and the like.
Trump is expected to attack President Joe Biden over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border in Grand Rapids, and then Wisconsin, both critical battleground states in the 2024 election.
He will then hold a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin on the day of their presidential primary.
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