New York Times: Faced with broad outcry over the killing of a protester on Saturday in Minneapolis, the White House on Monday pulled a top border official from the city and tried to distance President Trump from the response of his most senior officials, who had immediately characterized the man fatally shot by federal agents as a “domestic terrorist” who was “brandishing” a gun, before video evidence undercut their charges…
CNN: President Donald Trump has dispatched border czar Tom Homan to run the enforcement operation in Minneapolis. He spoke today with Gov. Tim Walz and said they seemed to be “on a similar wavelength.” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he also spoke with the president, who agreed “the present situation cannot continue.”…
Washington Post: President Donald Trump on Monday softened his tone on immigration enforcementin the wake of another killing of an American citizen by federal officers— and amid growing calls for investigations —by expressing sorrow over the bloodshed and sending a new personal envoy to take charge in Minneapolis.
At the same time, the White House tried to pin the violence on Democratic-led jurisdictions that prohibit local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The administration warned that the violence won’t end until Democratic governors and mayors assist federal law enforcement in arresting, detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants…
Bloomberg: 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…
Wall Street Journal: A number of Republicans have criticized Alex Pretti—who was killed by a federal Border Patrol agent Saturday—for carrying a gun during protest activity.
They are facing pushback from an unlikely quarter: gun-rights groups that traditionally have largely sided with the GOP.
“The first thing that politicians want to do is blame the gun,” said Taylor Rhodes, spokesman for the National Association for Gun Rights, based in Greenville, S.C…
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