Trump has been very erratic about his stance on immigration ever since the shootings of two US citizens in Minneapolis. He has either been calling for less ICE action or threatening a tighter crackdown on immigration
US President Donald Trump has taken a mellow stance on immigration, suggesting that a “softer touch” may be needed on the issue. His comments came after the US government authorised the withdrawal of
700 federal officers from Minnesota, the state that has been witnessing increased ICE activity.
“I learned that maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch. But you still have to be tough,” Trump said in an interview with NBC’s “Nightly News” when asked what he had learned from Minneapolis.
Trump has been very erratic about his stance on immigration ever since the shootings of two US citizens in Minneapolis. He has either been calling for less ICE action or threatening a tighter crackdown on immigration.
Last month, Trump said that he would
“de-escalate” the situation in Minnesota.
Speaking to Fox News, Trump hailed the efforts by ICE in the state, saying that “we took thousands of hardened criminals out of Minnesota.” He later went on to praise his border czar, Tom Homan, whom he sent to oversee on-the-ground operations.
“We have Tom Homan there now. We put him in there, he’s great. And they met with the governor, the mayor, everybody else. … We’re going to de-escalate a little bit,” he said.
Homan had earlier announced that 700 federal officers would be withdrawn from Minnesota, but said the contentious deployment would continue, with about 2,000 agents remaining after the drawdown.
And in an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News later in the day, he vowed that removals of undocumented migrants would continue.
“Mass deportations are here, they’re coming, we’re already breaking records, and we’re not going to stop,” Homan said.
The mayor of Minneapolis and the governor of Minnesota – both Democrats – described the announcement of the pullback from the city as “a step in the right direction,” but called for the federal government to move faster in winding down its immigration operations in the state.
With inputs from agencies
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