Although parent NBCUniversal held half-ownership in the organization at the time , the rights were obtained by Univision Communications in February 2015 with the intent to move the Miss Universe and Miss USA telecasts to UniMás ( Univision later terminated the contract that July following now-former part-owner Donald Trump 's remarks in his speech declaring his Republican Presidential campaign disparaging Mexicans immigrating into the United States as being mostly made up of `` rapists and criminals '' , later culminating in Trump 's sale of the Miss Universe Organization to WME-IMG in September 2015 , after NBCUniversal sold its interest ) .Since 1999 , Telemundo has served as the official U.S. broadcaster of the Billboard Latin Music Awards ( `` Premios Billboard a la Música Latina '' ) , an offshoot of the Billboard Music Awards honoring songs from Latin music artists during the previous year that are chosen by viewer voting .
Donald Trump accused Mexican immigrants of rapists and criminals .