Can Trump Force Blue Cities to Cooperate With ICE?
Feb. 2, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET
Hosted by Michael Barbaro, Featuring Hamed Aleaziz and Ernesto Londoño, Produced by Anna FoleyAlex SternRikki Novetsky and Mooj Zadie, Edited by Michael Benoist and Liz O. Baylen, Contains music by Rowan Niemisto Elisheba Ittoop and Dan Powell, Engineered by Chris Wood.
Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, traveled to Minneapolis a few days ago with a message: the faster local officials cooperate with federal immigration agents, the faster those agents will leave.
Hamed Aleaziz and Ernesto Londoño, New York Times reporters, explain why that kind of cooperation is so difficult to pull off.
On Today’s Episode
Hamed Aleaziz, who covers the Department of Homeland Security and immigration policy in the United States for The New York Times.
Ernesto Londoño, a reporter for The New York Times based in Minnesota.
Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, last week in Minneapolis. One of his assignments is to broker a deal for more cooperation with local law enforcement. Credit… Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times.
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Hamed Aleaziz covers the Department of Homeland Security and immigration policy for The Times.
Ernesto Londoño is a Times reporter based in Minnesota, covering news in the Midwest and drug use and counternarcotics policy. He welcomes tips and can be reached at elondono.81 on Signal.
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