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Trump makes first stop in New Mexico, protests turn violent

Xinhua, May 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made his first stop in New Mexico on Tuesday night while protests turned violent outside his rally in the convention center of Albuquerque, the largest city in the country's most Hispanic state.

During Trump's rally, hundreds of protesters threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at officers, overturned trash cans and knocked down barricades, according to the news website of Santafenewmexican.

Police fired pepper spray and smoke grenades into the crowd who shouted, held up banners and resisted removal by security officers.

Trump's remarks were interrupted repeatedly by the protesters who held the banners with such messages as "Trump is Fascist" and "We've heard enough."

Trump asked security to remove the protesters and mocked their actions by telling them to "Go home to mommy."

In his speech, Trump said he was glad to visit New Mexico and vowed to be back before the U.S. general elections in November.

Meanwhile, Trump's supporters said they supported his stance on boosting border security to stem the flow of people who are crossing the Mexico-U.S. border illegally.

Trump first drew widespread criticism in June last year when he said in his presidential announcement speech that Mexico was sending rapists and drug dealers to the United States. Since that, he had repeatedly vowed, if elected president, to deport about 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. Endi