--- title: Presidential Debate: Donald Trump: 'Bad Hombres,' Get Out description: Donald Trump said that if elected president his immigration plan would include deporting "bad hombres" during the final debate Wednesday. canonical: https://time.com/4537847/donald-trump-bad-hombres/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T02:02:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:27.049Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Raises Eyebrows With 'Bad Hombres' Line og:description: "We have some bad hombres here and we're going to get them out." og:url: https://time.com/4537847/donald-trump-bad-hombres/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c0b699c590ad39e/6988aac697cdffede06ae3e3/presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-20.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4814 og:image:height: 2708 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Raises Eyebrows With 'Bad Hombres' Line twitter:description: "We have some bad hombres here and we're going to get them out." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c0b699c590ad39e/6988aac697cdffede06ae3e3/presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-20.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Raises Eyebrows With 'Bad Hombres' Line > Sponsored content. 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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the third and final debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas on Oct. 19, 2016. Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 20, 2016 2:02 AM UTC Donald Trump said that if elected president his immigration plan would include deporting the “bad hombres” he says are bringing drugs and crime across the border during the [final presidential debate of the 2016 election ](http://time.com/4536110/presidential-debate-donald-trump-last-stand/?xid=homepage)on Wednesday. “We have some bad hombres here and we’re going to get them out,” the Republican nominee said on stage at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. The final presidential debate started off with substantive dialogue led by moderator Chris Wallace—discussions of Supreme Court nominations, positions on the Second Amendment and abortion, and immigration policy. During a back-and-forth about the two candidate’s stances on border security, Trump aligned President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with strict immigration policies like the ones he champions on the campaign trail, while blasting the Democratic nominee’s plans as amnesty. Trump’s mention of “bad hombres” lit up Twitter, in the same vein as his running mate Gov. Mike Pence’s use of “that Mexican thing” during the vice presidential debate earlier this fall. 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