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Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden's campaigns are ramping up, after both men clinched their parties' nominations.

For the first time since President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their respective party's nominations, both Democrats and Republicans are out on the campaign trail this week talking about their signature issues - abortion and immigration.

"Abortion is to Republicans what immigration is to Democrats," former Republican Representative Carlos Curbelo told Politico. "If they're talking about it, they're losing."

What remains to be seen, however, is if the inverse is true - will the Democrats win in November, because of red states restricting access to abortion? Could Republicans retake the White House by focusing on the migrant crisis?

Top Democrats are planning to speak about Florida's latest restrictions on reproductive healthcare on Tuesday after the State's Supreme Court issued two decisions on abortion; Governor Ron DeSantis' six-week abortion ban will be allowed to go into effect, but there will also be a November referendum that could enshrine abortion access into the state's constitution.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Health and Human Services Secretary Xaviar Becerra are all expected to appear in Broward County for a press conference on "women denied necessary health care," in Florida.

While Democrats speak on abortion, Trump is visiting Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is expected to speak about the migrant crisis - which his campaign is describing as "Biden's Border Bloodbath."

Trump is expected to speak about Ruby Garcia, 25, who was allegedly shot and killed by her boyfriend Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 25. Ortiz-Vite is an undocumented immigrant who was deported to Mexico in 2020 but was able to reenter the country. Garcia's death has reportedly been discussed at length on conservative talk radio.

Trump's Grand Rapids appearance follows his previous claims that world leaders are "emptying" jails and asylums into the United States.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper will also speak on behalf of the Biden campaign on Tuesday about how a second Trump administration "would bring the nightmare women in the Southeast are now facing to all 50 states."

In the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, referenda on abortion access have overwhelmingly resulted in victories for reproductive freedom advocates. Even in Republican-dominated states, like Kentucky, Kansas and Montana, putting abortion on the ballot has resulted in pro-choice victories.