WASHINGTON — Facing criticism for rising costs for American consumers under his administration, President Donald Trump stoked fear of immigrants from poor countries to rally a crowd of his supporters at a Pennsylvania casino on Tuesday.

In a speech that the White House billed as an address on the economy, amid a backlash driven in part by Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Trump veered between assurances that life was better than ever under his administration and blaming immigrants for the country’s economic woes.

Trump revived what had been an effective campaign message, promising that sending immigrants home would mean “more jobs, better wages and higher income for American citizens,” though the early stages of his mass deportation campaign have coincided with widespread economic anxiety.

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