For the first Brooks and Capehart segment of Donald Trump 2.0 on Friday’s PBS NewsHour, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart alleged that “the Laken Riley Act and other things” are instilling fear in immigrant families, even those who are not “undocumented.”
Host Geoff Bennett began by asking the duo what they thought of Trump’s first week. New York Times columnist David Brooks declared it to be a mixed bag. On one hand, he was excited about Trump reforming National Environmental Policy Act, which he argued will make it easier to build homes and address high housing prices. On the other, “On immigration, I obviously don’t approve. He’s doing what he said. And I understand why people who are undocumented in this country, the 13 to 15 million are scared, terrified out of their minds. I totally understand that.”
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