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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2026 · 34 MIN

Can Trump Force Blue Cities to Cooperate With ICE?

from Deborah Lebree's podcast · host Deborah Lebree

Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, traveled to Minneapolis a few days ago with a message: the faster local officials cooperate with federal immigration agents, the faster those agents will leave.Hamed Aleaziz and Ernesto Londoño, New York Times reporters, explain why that kind of cooperation is so difficult to pull off. Guest:Hamed Aleaziz, who covers the Department of Homeland Security and immigration policy in the United States for The New York Times.Ernesto Londoño, a reporter for The New York Times based in Minnesota.Background reading: Can Mr. Homan de-escalate tensions in Minnesota?Minneapolis police officers caught between the Trump administration and city residents face difficult choices.Photo: Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York TimesFor more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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