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President Donald Trump indicated he’ll make changes to his administration’s deportation crackdown in Minnesota after the killing of two US citizens during immigration raids sparked nationwide uproar.
The president said he was sending US border czar Tom Homan — who is seen as relatively measured compared to rivals, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — to Minneapolis in a bid to deescalate tensions.
Trump also spoke with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, telling the Democrat who he has derided as “grossly incompetent” that he would consider independent investigations into the shootings and reducing the number of federal agents in his state.
Later, the White House suggested it could remove US Customs and Border Protection personnel from Minnesota if state and local law enforcement adopted additional “cooperative measures” to assist in the apprehension of undocumented migrants.
Taken together, the comments indicated that Trump might recognize that his maximum pressure deportation campaign has eroded public faith in immigration officials as well as his own political standing. That poses a risk for Republicans heading into November’s midterm elections.
The federal government is at risk of a partial government shutdown at the end of the week after Senate Democrats said they could not back a funding bill without new curbs on immigration enforcement.
Today's show features:
- Wendy Schiller, Professor of Political Science at Brown University, on President Donald Trump sending US border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis amid a growing outcry over his immigration crackdown
- Stephanie Guild, Chief Investment Officer at Robinhood Markets, on markets, retail investing trends., interest rates and Federal Reserve policy
- Rebecca Homkes, Faculty at the London Business School and at Duke Corporate Executive Education, on how executives are responding to US tariff policy and economic uncertainty
- Stephanie Aliaga, Global Market Strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, provides a corporate earnings progress report and commentary on US monetary policy
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