‘Playing Whac-a-Mole’: Hayes says Trump’s ICE ‘drawdown’ can’t be trusted
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🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight on All-Land. |
| 0:03.4 | This is common sense cooperation that allows to draw down on the number of people we have here. |
| 0:09.9 | Yes, I said it, draw down the number of people here. |
| 0:13.1 | The Trump administration signals de-escalation. |
| 0:17.6 | Are we hopeful that there will be a drawdown? |
| 0:20.1 | What I will say is I will believe it when I see it. |
| 0:22.6 | Tonight will the backlash to Trump's toxic policy be enough to stop it in Minnesota and beyond. |
| 0:28.6 | Then the fight to stop Stephen Miller and ICE in Congress. |
| 0:32.6 | Plus, Maryland Governor Westmore on his pushback to Trump's attack on democracy, |
| 0:36.6 | and what on earth is happening in Fulton County, Georgia? |
| 0:41.5 | This is a seismic event. |
| 0:44.5 | This should have people across the country absolutely shook. |
| 0:49.0 | But all in starts right now. |
| 0:55.6 | Good evening from New York. I'm Chris Hayes. Donald Trump's masked agents are still |
| 0:59.7 | terrorizing Americans. I just got back from Minneapolis where I encountered a city in a kind |
| 1:05.1 | of standstill, as if laid siege to during a war. I mean, I cannot overstate the degree to which ICE has |
| 1:12.1 | completely altered the texture of daily life there. There are 3,000 agents on the streets of |
| 1:20.4 | Minnesota. They outnumber Minneapolis, St. Paul, police there, three to one. And they are |
| 1:25.7 | spending every day hunting immigrants and American citizens alike. |
| 1:29.5 | I mean, folks are leaving their businesses closed. There's entire strips where the doors |
| 1:33.4 | are closed and locked because they don't want ice coming in to avoid being harassed or rated. |
| 1:39.7 | Here's one thing that I was learning about today. Patients are foregoing medical care, lest they be |
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