In Austin visit, Trump promises massive deportations

Driving the news: Trump's remarks focused largely on crime at the border and continued to push a false message that thousands of illegal migrants are voting in the election.

What they're saying: Trump vowed to launch the country's largest deportation efforts.

• "I will stop this nightmare," Trump vowed to a crowd of roughly 100 supporters.

Between the lines: Texas isn't a swing state, but both candidates spent Friday pushing their messages to voters in battleground states.

• Trump was meeting with Joe Rogan to record a podcast episode in Austin as he tries to court young, male voters.
• Meanwhile, Harris is focusing her Houston rally on abortion, calling Texas ground zero in the abortion rights fight.

"She doesn't want to go to a swing state because she's losing so badly," said Trump, adding that Harris is "here to rub shoulders with woke celebrities."

• Beyoncé and Willie Nelson are expected to make an appearance at her rally.

The intrigue: The candidates' trips also come as U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger U.S. Rep. Colin Allred are locked in a tight race for the Senate seat.

• Cruz, along with Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and state Attorney General Ken Paxton got shoutouts from Trump at the Austin hangar on Friday.

The bottom line: The event — and the scheduled podcast recording — played to Trump's tell-it-like-it-is approach, Cruz said.

• "Both Joe Rogan and Donald Trump are unplugged, they're liable to say everything. I'm confident that they will not pull out a joint and smoke a joint like Rogan did with Elon Musk. I don't think that will happen, but it will be lively, it will be unlike Kamala Harris."