Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump says his administration could use a

softer touch on immigration. As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, Trump says it was his decision to withdraw

hundreds of federal officers from Minnesota. During an interview with NBC News, President Trump

took a step back from his hard-line position

on immigration amid the national outcry after two U.S. citizens were killed during

immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

I learned that maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch, but you still have to

be tough.

These are criminals. We're dealing with really hard criminals.

Trump says it was his decision to withdraw 700 federal agents from the state,

but that state and local officials have also agreed to cooperate more with their efforts,

including the release of immigrants who've been arrested for crimes into federal

custody. Franco, Ordojans, NPR News, the White House. Democrats and Congress are threatening

to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires a week from Friday

unless there are what they call dramatic changes and real accountability for immigration enforcement.

Congress is discussing potential new rules for officers after agents shot and killed two

Minneapolis protesters last month. In a one-sentence order today, the Supreme Court upheld

California's mid-decade redistricting, which could yield five more House seats for Democrats

in the upcoming election.

As NPR's Anita Totenberg reports, the decision effectively mirrors and might offset what the

High Court did in a case from Texas in December.

While the Trump administration supported the Texas redistricting, it opposed California's,

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