Trump shares Melugin post tying Michigan meat-plant murder charge to border release
Trump amplifies a post citing DHS on a murder charge against Valmir Djempsly, described as a Haitian migrant released at the Texas border in 2024.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump shared a screenshot on Truth Social of a post that ties a Michigan murder charge to a border release under the prior administration.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Bill Melugin ❤ (@BillMelugin_): BREAKING: DHS confirms that a suspect arrested for murder after he allegedly stabbed his coworker to death at a Michigan meat plant is a Haitian illegal alien who was caught and released at the Texas border by the Biden administration in 2024. ICE has placed a detainer on Valmir Djempsly and he is now charged with murder. DHS statement: “This illegal alien barbarically stabbed his coworker to death,” said DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “This murderer was released into American communities by the Biden Administration. If it weren’t for the reckless open border policies of the Biden Administration, this criminal never would have been in our country in the first place and his victim would still be alive. We have lodged a detainer asking Michigan to not release this dangerous criminal from jail without notifying ICE.”” on August 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM ET.
This is Trump’s seventh message released today, and the last post was 18 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 8 of his 549 posts over the last 30 days classified as immigration posts.
President Donald J. Trump shared a screenshot of a social media post featuring a booking-style photograph at WASHINGTON D.C.
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The screenshot carries the handle Bill Melugin, a broadcast journalist who covers immigration, and shows a booking-style photograph, the timestamp 2:10 PM on July 8, 2026, and 368.2K views. The post attributes its claims to the Department of Homeland Security and quotes a named DHS official, Lauren Bis, identified as acting assistant secretary. It says Valmir Djempsly was arrested after allegedly stabbing a coworker to death at a Michigan meat plant and now faces a murder charge. The post states that Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer asking Michigan not to release him without notifying the agency, and frames the case as a consequence of border policy under the Biden Administration.
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