--- description: Donald Trump said that if elected president his immigration plan would include deporting "bad hombres" during the final debate Wednesday. title: Trump Raises Eyebrows With 'Bad Hombres' Line image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c0b699c590ad39e/6988aac697cdffede06ae3e3/presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-20.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Debates](/tag/debates/) ## Debates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump Raises Eyebrows With 'Bad Hombres' Line by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2016 2:02 AM CUT  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the third and final debate with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas on Oct. 19, 2016. 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](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2016 2:02 AM CUT 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 "undefined")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. Soon after it was uttered, the hashtag #badhombres trended on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/costareports/status/788914585080246272) > [](https://twitter.com/LeahLochoa/status/788916084489359360) > [](https://twitter.com/Anthony/status/788914294511591427) > [](https://twitter.com/ariannahuff/status/788914006102798336) > [](https://twitter.com/MTVNews/status/788913727378591744) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4537847/donald-trump-bad-hombres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4537847/donald-trump-bad-hombres/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Raises Eyebrows With 'Bad Hombres' Line","datePublished":"2016-10-20T02:02:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:17:43.438Z","description":"Donald Trump said that if elected president his immigration plan would include deporting \"bad hombres\" during the final debate Wednesday.","url":"https://time.com/4537847/donald-trump-bad-hombres/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"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=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"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=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL Debate","caption":"Final Presidential Debate Between Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Held In Las Vegas","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4537847/donald-trump-bad-hombres/","name":"Donald Trump Raises Eyebrows With 'Bad Hombres' Line"}}]}] ```