President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to pour chilly water on his administration’s plan to lower the quantity of federal brokers in Minneapolis.
At a Kennedy Center screening of “Melania,” Trump was requested by a reporter, “Will you be pulling back immigration enforcement agents out of Minnesota?”
“We keep our country safe. We’ll do whatever we can to keep our country safe,” the president replied.
“So, you’re not pulling back?” the journalist pressed.
“No, no, not at all,” Trump answered.
Border czar Tom Homan, who was assigned to supervise the immigration brokers in Minneapolis after missteps by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, had mentioned he was on the lookout for “commonsense cooperation that allows us to draw down on the number of people we have here. … Yes, I said it — draw down the number of people here because we have the efficiency and safety of the jails and the prisons.”
Homan mentioned the retreat didn’t signify that the administration is surrendering “our mission,” however slightly doing so “smarter.”
A White House official on Friday instructed HuffPost that Trump and Homan had been in sync on not scaling again operations.
Homan’s presence within the tense metropolis is seen as an try by the administration to de-escalate tensions. DHS officers killed two protesters this month beneath doubtful circumstances, whereas Trump, Noem, and Bovino contributed to the demonization of the 2 victims. Videos of the incidents, nevertheless, refuted their early claims that Renee Good and Alex Pretti instigated their capturing deaths.
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