| | | | Trump lays groundwork for many more deportations | | The Department of Homeland Security earlier today laid out the Trump administration's plans for aggressive enforcement of immigration laws -- including a potentially massive expansion of the number of people detained and deported.
But DACA is staying: The Trump administration emphasized that it is leaving intact the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program -- President Barack Obama's protections for so-called DREAMers -- even if the new rules chip away at protections for undocumented migrants overall.
DHS officials said the policies mostly enforce existing law and won't lead to immediate massive roundups of undocumented immigrants.
The big picture, per CNN's Tal Kopan: The fundamental shift in US policy will likely continue to provoke fear in immigrant communities of a vast expansion of the government's use of its enforcement powers to potentially deport undocumented immigrants who have lived in their communities for years, and may have family members who are legal US residents or citizens. | | "We're going to try and take care of the DREAMers very, very well." -- President Donald Trump in an interview with MSNBC while touring the National Museum of African American History | | | Trump visits National Museum of African American History | | | President Donald Trump pledged to combat bigotry and unite what he called a "divided country" after wrapping up his first visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. "Today and every day of my presidency, I pledge to do everything I can to continue that promise of freedom for African-Americans and for every American," Trump said, calling his tour "a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry and hatred and intolerance."
He also called recent anti-Semitic incidents "horrible." And after his tour, Trump said the recent spate of threats targeting the Jewish community in the United States are "painful" as he faced a growing chorus of calls from Democrats and Jewish leaders urging him to speak out.
"I will tell you anti-Semitism is horrible, and it's going to stop and it has to stop," he told MSNBC this morning. Asked if he was denouncing it, Trump said: "Of course, and I do it wherever I get a chance, I do it."
CNN's Stephen Collinson points out: Scores of people still took issue with how long the statement took. It left many wondering just why he delayed taking a seemingly obvious moral course for a president in the face of bomb threats at 48 JCCs in 26 states in January and rising fears of widening nationwide anti-Semitism after additional incidents this month.
In other White House news: More than 1 million people signed a White House petition for Trump's tax returns, breaking a record. More from Yahoo's Garance Franke-Ruta. | | Milo Yiannopoulos resigns from Breitbart | | He finally went too far: Milo Yiannopoulos, the professional provocateur, has resigned as an editor at Breitbart News amid a firestorm over unearthed comments in which he seemed to endorse sex between "younger boys and older men."
"It would be wrong to allow my poor choice of words to detract from my colleagues' important reporting, so today I am resigning from Breitbart, effectively immediately. This decision is mine alone," he said in a statement. More from CNNMoney's Tom Kludt. | | Everything she owns is in a box, and it left.
The Smithsonian National Zoo's beloved panda, Bao Bao, 3 1/2, began her move to Chengdu, China, today, and to many in Washington, she is indeed irreplaceable. And though Bao Bao is leaving, the National Zoo still features her brother, Bei Bei, age 1, and panda parents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. More from CNN's Betsy Klein. | | 3 things you might have missed today | | Pruitt tries to sooth worries: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt tried his best to fuse his humbler vision of his new agency with his stated respect for its long-serving, ambitious regulators in his maiden speech to EPA employees. More from CNN's Theodore Schleifer.
Transgender students a states' rights issue: That's how White House press secretary Sean Spicer says President Donald Trump sees the topic, per Politico's Caitlin Emma.
Grassley put in the hot spot: At a town hall in Iowa Falls, Iowa, earlier today, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley received a question from an Afghan man who asked him for help to stay in the United States in the face of the Trump administration's immigration executive order. More from Daniella. | | | These Republicans didn't like Donald Trump at first -- but they do now. ... Melania Trump's sister showed a rare behind-the-scenes look on social media. ... Sen. Joni Ernst runs into the anti-Trump resistance in rural Iowa. | | | We'd love to share our other newsletters with you. Check out Five Things for Your New Day, CNN's morning newsletter. Give us five minutes, and we'll brief you on all the news and buzz people will be talking about. | | | Get the Nightcap, a comprehensive summary of the most important political news, delivered to your inbox daily. | | | | | |
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