Speaking at a packed rally on Friday night in Montana, former President Donald Trump lamented the death of a Nashville business owner who police say was killed by an illegal immigrant from Mexico in a deadly hit-and-run.

During his rally, Trump spoke about 42-year-old Matt Carney, a restaurant owner who died in Nashville on July 4 after police say he was struck by a truck on June 19 driven by 29-year-old illegal immigrant Ulises Martinez. Martinez’s immigration status was first reported by The Daily Wire last month with ICE saying that he entered the country at an unknown date and location.

Trump, who has frequently warned of a “migrant crime wave,” spoke about Carney’s death as he listed a number of violent crimes illegal immigrants have been arrested for in recent months.

“They’re coming from prisons, they’re coming from jails, they’re coming from all over the place,” Trump said Friday during his rally in Bozeman. “Every day, Kamala is letting migrant criminals roam free to assault, rape, mutilate, and kill our citizens.”

“Look at what’s happening to our cities. Our cities are being overrun,” Trump said. “On July 4th, a 42-year-old Nashville man died after he tried to stop an illegal alien from stealing tools out of his truck. The illegal alien did a number on this man that nobody could even believe. The police officers said one of the most vicious crimes they’ve ever seen.”

“He was thrown from the hood of the illegal’s pickup truck and left to die in the street after being beat to hell,” Trump said.

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According to police, Carney was struck on June 19 by a truck in the parking lot of his popular Nashville-based smoke chicken restaurant and bar Smokin Thighs after he attempted to stop Martinez and another illegal immigrant from stealing tools out of his truck. Carney died from his injuries on July 4.

Prior to the hit-and-run, Martinez was charged in March over a previous incident after a police officer arrested him for driving a stolen vehicle and the officer saw him taking tools out of parked vehicles. The charges were dismissed after a Nashville judge said that prosecutors failed to prove probable cause.

Martinez is currently being held in Davidson County Jail on multiple charges including criminal homicide, and his next hearing is scheduled for August 27.

After discussing a number of victims of illegal immigrant crime, Trump promised to enact a “Trump mass deportation,” warning that illegal immigrants would continue to surge into the country if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected president in November.

Trump has kept immigration a key part of his 2024 presidential campaign, calling out Harris’ performance as President Joe Biden’s “border czar.”

Trump VP pick JD Vance mocked VP Kamala Harris on Friday over both her poor job as the Biden administration’s “border czar” and her continued refusal to take real questions from reporters.

“If we could convince Kamala Harris that illegal aliens are actually journalists trying to ask her questions she’d build that border wall in five seconds,” Vance posted to X.

In a matter of hours, the post has been viewed more than 2 million times.

If we could convince Kamala Harris that illegal aliens are actually journalists trying to ask her questions she’d build that border wall in five seconds.

— JD Vance (@JDVance) August 9, 2024

Notably, Harris, the Democrats’ effective 2024 presidential nominee, has reportedly never spoken to either Border Patrol chief during her tenure as VP and did not actually visit the border until June of 2021.

NBC News host Lester Holt famously confronted Harris about why she hadn’t made her way down to the border. “We are going to the border,” Harris insisted. “We’ve been to the border. This whole thing about the border – we’ve been to the border. We’ve been to the border.”

“You haven’t been to the border,” Holt responded. “And I haven’t been to Europe,” Harris answered.

Kamala Harris gives Lester Holt a MasterClass on leadership. She demonstrates the Shuck & Jive, the Dancing non-answer, and bait and switch. This is how you do it! pic.twitter.com/lqz0d0YwjZ

— Chris Tigani (@ChrisTigani) July 21, 2024

Vance has routinely criticized Harris for the Biden administration’s border crisis. Earlier this month, Vance posted to X, “Our border czar Kamala Harris opened up the border by design. Now real people are suffering.”

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The Ohio senator’s comment captioned a video clip of Vance at the border, again taking on Harris. “They stopped deportations on Day One,” he says in the video. “They stopped construction of the border wall on Day One. … They reinstated catch-and-release and they stopped Remain-in-Mexico … these policies cause real human beings to suffer.”

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“They stopped deportations on Day One. They stopped construction of the border wall on Day One…They reinstated catch-and-release and they stopped Remain-in-Mexico…these policies cause real human beings to suffer.” pic.twitter.com/gwc2aljHXJ

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 1, 2024

Vance’s post on Friday also went after Harris for refusing to speak to the press about her proposed policy agenda.

Notably, the VP staked out far-Left positions during her failed 2020 run. She voiced support for the controversial Green New Deal, said she’d issue a total ban on fracking, supported gun confiscation, and the elimination of private health insurance, for example.

Now, however, Harris’ team has claimed she’s backed away from those positions and is moderate.

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