Former US President Donald Trump has accused people crossing the US-Mexico border of bringing “terrorists” and “very contagious diseases.” “We have terrorists coming in, and we have people coming in with very contagious diseases,” the presidential candidate said in an interview with WABC radio on Wednesday. The tycoon justified that “all of a sudden, we have a tremendous surge in tuberculosis,” as well as diseases “we haven’t had in this country for years.” This rhetoric has been recurrent in the former president's speeches. In December, during a rally in New Hampshire, Trump accused migrants of “poisoning the blood” of the United States, arriving “with diseases” and “every other thing that we can possibly have.” It should be noted, however, that the pandemic has amplified conspiracy theories about vaccine administration, although the drugs have proven to be safe and effective in combating diseases such as Covid-19. But even before the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) had already warned in 2019 that “vaccine hesitancy or refusal despite vaccine availability [threatened] to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-preventable diseases.” “Measles, for example, has seen a 30% increase in cases globally. The reasons for this increase are complex and not all of these cases are due to vaccine hesitancy. However, some countries that were close to eliminating the disease have seen a resurgence,” it listed. In addition, Trump also accused migrants of bringing “terrorists” into the United States, claiming that people crossing the border speak unknown languages. “We have no idea who they are, where they come from. We have no idea. They speak languages that we don’t even know. We have people with languages that we don’t even know what they are. It’s crazy,” he said. This is another of Trump's ‘plays’, who frequently accuses migrants of coming from “mental institutions” and even “asylums”. At the National Rifle Association's annual convention, Trump argued that if he were the leader of a South American country, he would send criminals and prisoners to the United States “faster than they do.” “Those in South America that are sending all of their criminals, prisoners, and gang members up into our country — smart. I would do the same thing if I was down there. I would do the same thing. I would do it faster than they do,” he said. The former president, who has promised to support and work closely with local authorities in border communities, remained vague on the measures he would implement to strengthen border security with Mexico, but did not hold back from criticizing the current president, Joe Biden. Read Also: Nikki Haley announces she will vote for Trump in November's presidential election (Portuguese version)