What recent changes are occurring in Minneapolis regarding border patrol?
News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm Doug Krisner and we begin in Minneapolis where a senior border patrol commander and some agents are reportedly expected to leave the city as early as Tuesday. The Associated Press reports the departure of Commander Greg Bovino comes as President Trump dispatched Border Czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to take charge of ICE operations.
We got some analysis from Bloomberg's Anne-Marie Hordern.
This is a shift. I also think the president, in his latest truth, is trying to at least say to the American people, I am taking charge of this now. I'm sending Tom home in there, who's the borders are, and I'm going to be the one that he then debriefs
After this, there has been a lot of pushback from even Republicans on Congress about what is going on and the tragedy and the horrific scenes coming out of Minnesota. And there's been pushback as well, specifically from Democrats that want Secretary Noem gone.
That is Bloomberg's Anne-Marie Hordern. Now, the situation in Minneapolis is impacting the passage of an appropriations bill. Democrats are moving toward a potential government shutdown over the bill's inclusion of DHS funding. Here is Bloomberg's Amy Morris.
The fatal shooting of Alex Preddy by Border Patrol agents on Saturday quickly led to a Senate Democratic revolt against funding the Department of Homeland Security without new safeguards. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt is urging lawmakers to move forward with the spending deal.
The White House supports the bipartisan work that was done to advance the bipartisan appropriations package, and we want to see that passed.
A shutdown would have little practical effect on ICE and the Border Patrol, which has already received massive funding in President Trump's tax bill last year. The deadline for a spending deal is this weekend. In Washington, Amy Morris, Bloomberg Radio.
President Trump said today in a post on Truth Social he is increasing a tariff on some South Korean goods to 25 percent. Here's Bloomberg's Josh Wingrove.
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