US President President Donald Trump (L), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (2nd-R), and Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem (2nd-L) tour a migrant detention heart, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida earlier this month
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US President President Donald Trump (L), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (2nd-R), and Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem (2nd-L) tour a migrant detention heart, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida earlier this month
DREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/AFP through Getty Photos
Since returning to workplace, President Trump has moved swiftly to upend a long time of federal coverage—from training to healthcare to vaccines…however nowhere extra aggressively than immigration.
Congress simply handed tens of billions in funding for immigration enforcement…It is the biggest home enforcement funding in U.S. historical past, fueling Trump’s mass deportation marketing campaign of migrants residing within the U.S. illegally.
President Trump campaigned for workplace promising the biggest deportation in historical past.
Six months into his second time period, how has immigration enforcement modified.
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This episode was produced by Connor Donevan. It was edited by Eric Westervelt and Courtney Dorning. Our govt producer is Sami Yenigun.
