‘Deported or departed’: Georgia candidate targets immigrants in ad blitz

Republican Rick Jackson speaks to reporters after qualifying to run for governor, on 6 March, at the Georgia capitol in Atlanta. Photograph: Jeff Amy/AP

A campaign ad from Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson pledging that unauthorized immigrants committing violent crimes will end up “deported or departed” has inundated streaming services and social media in Georgia for weeks.

“I don’t care if you’re a Muslim or a Mongolian, you don’t have the right to force your culture on our country,” the Jackson ad begins. “Too often, criminal illegals commit sick, violent crimes, victimize our children and get away with murder. So here’s my guarantee to them: do that when I’m governor, and you’ll end up deported or departed. Any questions?”