For once, Donald Trump had to admit a step back in his politics. The president of the United States announced a few hours ago that he was considering a “de-escalation” in anti-immigration raids by ICE in Minneapolisafter the crisis generated after being shot by the agents.
His death, the second caused by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in just weeks, caused a outbreak of protests still unstoppedwhich forced Trump to change course and also his trusted man. Thus, he chose to manage the matter, but with .
The message was quickly picked up by Trump’s right-hand man on border and immigration issues. From Minneapolis, the ‘tsar’ has announced a “reduction” in the number of ICE agents and one decrease in their raidsto direct them exclusively to specific “objectives”. Foreigners who pose a “threat to public safety”, he added this Thursday.
“We have done it for years, we know exactly who we are looking for (…) with priority given to foreign criminals,” Homan said in his first appearance since will replace the more than questioned Gregory Bovinohead of the Border Patrol, in charge of operation Metro Surge.
After boasting of having made “important progress” in recent hours, Trump’s envoy has made it clear that “we are not giving up to our mission at all; simply we are working smart“.
