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And so, you know, part of me is wondering if the impact of the Preti shootingβ
will lose its salience over the course of the next two weeks.
The further we've gotten away from it, the less Republicans have spoken out.
People have kind of toned down their language.
It's a little bit more of a wait and see what the White House does on the ground in Minneapolis.
But it might all come back into the headlines when you have the head of ICE, you have the head of Border Patrol, you have the head of U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Service back-to-back testifying and facing what I do anticipate to be some hard questions also from Republicans, seeing as the funding and there is broader criticism than ever before.
So, you know, we could see this suddenly spur up again in about two weeks.
So what will both of you be watching for in the coming days?
You know, in the coming days and weeks, you know, I'll be really looking at how Republicans are reacting to Democrats demands because, you know, a week ago there were no talks of these demands.
And these are not new demands.
They're not new ideas that have come from immigration advocates or Democrats demands.
But they were not at all being considered for immediate passage.
And so the next two weeks will really be about how are Republicans, you know, taking this moment as a salient moment to pass legislation?
Are they thinking that everything is fixed good and dandy?
You know, what is going to be their posture going through the next two weeks?
I told my very Catholic mother that she needs to meet Jesus.
The announcement comes after CBP's initial review found that the officers shot Preddy after he resisted their efforts to take him into custody.
The agency's preliminary assessment contradicted the Trump administration's first narrative about the shooting, which accused Preddy of, quote, domestic terrorism and brandishing his weapon.
It is not immediately clear how long the officer's leave will last.