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Fox’s Brit Hume Says Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Has ‘Hit Its Political Limits,’ Cites Brutal Poll
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In recent weeks, about 3,000 agents from Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been deployed to Minnesota, where they have fatally shot two U.S. citizens.
After the second shooting, Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino was withdrawn from the state and will reportedly be reassigned before retiring.
On Wednesday, Fox News published a poll showing that 59% of registered voters believe that ICE has been too heavy-handed in its operations.
Moreover, 55% said they disapprove of Trump’s handling of immigration, an issue that was once his strongest.
On Wednesday’s Special Report, Hume said the survey indicates that Trump’s deportation program has “hit its political limits”:It suggests that while the administration was within its limits – its legal limits – in this immigration crackdown and the dragnet that’s going on, particularly out in Minnesota, it has hit its political limits.