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Pedro Camacho

Trump pledges to ban mortgages for undocumented immigrants, claims they're driving up housing costs

Donald Trump (Credit: Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Former President and GOP candidate Donald Trump announced a proposal to ban undocumented immigrants from obtaining home mortgages, arguing that this measure would help ease rising home prices.

Trump made these remarks during a policy speech to the Economic Club of New York, where he linked undocumented immigration to increased housing costs despite evidence suggesting that such buyers represent only a small fraction of U.S. home sales, according to The Wall Street Journal:

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