President Trump says he will delay the ICE raids scheduled to start Sunday to give lawmakers a chance to 'work out a solution'
The President's pullback was an about-face in a matter of hours on enforcing his signature immigration policy, following deep criticism from the cities' mayors, top Democrats and immigration activists who called the coordinated arrests and deportations on targeted migrant families"heartless.
— Donald J. Trump June 22, 2019 A senior immigration official had told CNN on Friday that ICE was planning on arresting and deporting about 2,000 migrant families with court-ordered removals in 10 cities beginning Sunday.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Trump Friday night and asked him to call off the ICE deportation raids, a source familiar with the call tells CNN. The two spoke for about 12 minutes.
— Donald J. Trump June 22, 2019 A senior Democratic aide says Trump is"trying to create leverage in a situation where he has none," adding "it won't work." "Democrats aren't going to compromise their values. He's walked away from several deals on immigration. We have no illusions here," the aide said.
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