Meet the Press NOW — January 27

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Immigration enforcement operations ramp in cities across the United States. President Trump fires eighteen inspectors general responsible for investigating government fraud and abuse. NBC News Senior National Political Reporter Sahil Kapur joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss this week's high-profile Senate confirmation hearings as the White House pressures the GOP to fall in line.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, we have a firsthand look at immigration enforcement efforts underway in Chicago today,
0:08.0	as President Trump cracks down with thousands of arrests in this country and a ratcheting up of tensions with a key foreign ally.
0:15.0	Plus, President Trump and his allies defend his abrupt dismissal of 18 independent government watchdogs,
0:21.6	a sweeping move in violation of a federal law that requires Congress to be notified before an IG is fired.
0:28.6	And three of President Trump's most polarizing cabinet picks are set to face the Senate this week,
0:34.6	as the White House warns Republicans to get in line behind all of Trump's nominees
0:38.9	or face political consequences.
0:52.4	And welcome to meet the press now. I'm Aaron Gilchrist in Washington. President Trump set to meet
0:56.7	with House Republicans at one of his Florida golf clubs this afternoon amid questions about how they
1:02.0	will tackle his agenda and as the administration ramps up a promised crackdown on undocumented migrants.
1:08.6	Immigration enforcement operations are continuing today after federal agents
1:12.3	carried out raids this weekend in several major U.S. cities, making nearly a thousand arrests yesterday
1:18.1	alone. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it's made more than 2,600 arrests since
1:24.3	Donald Trump took office one week ago. 100 agents are fanned out across Chicago as we speak, and that's where Borders'R. Tom
1:31.6	Homan spoke with my colleague Gabe Gutierrez about the president's plan to marshal the resources
1:36.5	of the entire federal government to make good on his campaign promise of mass deportations.
1:42.3	Now that this first week is done, what would you say has been the biggest difference this
1:46.5	first week as compared to the Biden administration?
1:49.5	All the government.
1:50.9	We got DOD.
1:52.0	I've done this since 1984.
1:54.0	It starts a border agent in 1984.
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