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 those involved in criminal activity , 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 .