{"id":199292,"date":"2026-02-05T10:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/after-the-minneapolis-shootings-trump-says-his-administration-could-use-a-softer-touch-on-immigration-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:24:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:24:04","slug":"after-the-minneapolis-shootings-trump-says-his-administration-could-use-a-softer-touch-on-immigration-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/after-the-minneapolis-shootings-trump-says-his-administration-could-use-a-softer-touch-on-immigration-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Minneapolis shootings, Trump says his administration could use 'a softer touch' on immigration – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump told NBC News on Wednesday that he believes his administration could use \u201ca softer touch\u201d in its immigration enforcement operations after federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens last month in Minneapolis.
\u201cI learned that maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch. But you still have to be tough,\u201d Trump said in an Oval Office interview with \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d anchor Tom Llamas. \u201cWe\u2019re dealing with really hard criminals. But look, I\u2019ve called the people. I\u2019ve called the governor. I\u2019ve called the mayor. Spoke to \u2018em. Had great conversations with them. And then I see them ranting and raving out there. Literally as though a call wasn\u2019t made.\u201d
Tune in for even more of Tom Llamas\u2019 interview with President Donald Trump on Super Bowl Sunday on NBC.<\/strong><\/em>
Trump has been engaged in a weekslong feud with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, two Democrats who have been highly critical of his immigration crackdown in the city and condemned the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both 37, in separate incidents in January. Trump, Vice President JD Vance<\/a> and other high-ranking administration officials had been quick to blame the fatal shootings on Good and Pretti, at several points characterizing them<\/a> without evidence as domestic terrorists<\/a>.
Video footage<\/a> of the incidents also contradicted<\/a> some initial claims that administration officials made to suggest the shootings were justified.
Trump\u2019s remarks to NBC News on Wednesday reflect his continued shift in tone as national outrage over the killings takes hold. At a Jan. 20 White House briefing, Trump said<\/a> that federal agents \u201cmake mistakes sometimes<\/a>.\u201d
Earlier Wednesday, U.S. border czar Tom Homan announced a withdrawal<\/a> of 700 federal immigration agents from Minnesota. Asked by Llamas if that call had come from Trump, the president affirmed that it had.
\u201cBut it didn\u2019t come from me because I just wanted to do it,\u201d Trump added. \u201cWe have \u2014 we are waiting for them to release prisoners, give us the murderers that they\u2019re holding and all of the bad people, drug dealers, all of the bad people. We allowed in our country, I say, 25 million people with an open-border policy for four years under [President Joe] Biden, and that group, the autopen group, I call them. We allowed to come into our country people the likes of which no country would accept. And we\u2019re getting \u2018em out.\u201d
Trump\u2019s claim about 25 million undocumented immigrants, which he has made before, is false<\/a>. During the Biden administration, 7.4 million undocumented immigrants crossed the border outside of legal checkpoints, according to data from Customs and Border Protection.
Henry J. Gomez is a senior national political reporter for NBC News
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