President Trump's acting Homeland Security secretary expressed regret about the timing of immigration raids in Mississippi this week given the emotional state of the nation in the wake of two mass shootings
"The timing was unfortunate," Kevin McAleenan said on NBC's"Meet the Press."McAleenan explained in the interview the immigration enforcement actions -- which occurred in the days after a gunman in El Paso, Texas, targeted Latinos and immigrants, and another shooter opened fire in Dayton, Ohio -- were long-planned."In terms of the ICE operations, these are enforcement operations that are part of their daily cycle," he said.
It was something far more terrifyingAnother top administration official took a harsher tone on CNN. Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, downplayed on Sunday an emotional video showing an 11-year-old girl sobbing and begging for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to let her parents go following the Mississippi raids."I understand that the girl is upset and I get that.
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