Trump, Immigration and Republicans
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Top border patrol official leading deportation operations in Minnesota and other states, Gregory Bovino, is set to return to prior duties and will be replaced with Tom Homan in MN.
Most Americans believe President Trump's policy on immigration is going too far, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Trump’s promise to prioritize deporting the "worst of the worst" has also fallen short. About 74% of the nearly 70,000 immigrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention as of December, the most recent data available, have no criminal convictions.
At a hearing Monday, a judge focused on a letter the attorney general sent to Gov. Tim Walz that appeared to set conditions on winding down Operation Metro Surge.
By Nandita Bose and Brad Brooks WASHINGTON/MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, met with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Tuesday after taking over the president's sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis,
President Donald Trump and his top lieutenants are doubling down on their hardline immigration policies and rhetoric following the shooting of a US citizen by federal officers in Minneapolis — even as the incident has revealed cracks in the president’s coalition.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called President Trump's immigration enforcement operation, as well as ICE tactics, "un-American" in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Monday.
Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Jonathan Fahey said Monday that President Trump may have to “take the next step” if local and state leaders in Minnesota don’t “show that they’re committed to law and order” amid protests over several recent shootings involving federal immigration officers.
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Trump privately frustrated that he risks losing control of immigration message amid Minnesota chaos
The ongoing protests and images coming out of Minnesota have prompted concerns from some Trump administration officials over the optics of the immigration crackdown as Americans grow alarmed by the chaotic scenes unfolding in the state.
Amid the fallout over the fatal shooting by a federal agent of Alex Pretti, leaders appear poised to make a change.