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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. President Trump said today he's

considering sending the military to guard parts of the U.S. Mexico border because

of what he calls weak immigration laws.

Until we can have a wall in proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military.

The president has been tweeting for days about immigration. We'll talk about why and a whole bunch of cities and states are suing to try to remove a question from the 2020 census.

I'm Tamar Keith. I cover the White House for NPR.

I'm Dominican Montenegro Political Editor and I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.

Hello and Mara, you were in this press conference that President Trump just had.

That's right. I was.

It was an interesting press conference at least to watch on TV because it was President Trump and three leaders of Baltic nations.

That's right. So there were four leaders altogether in the East Room,

but right before that when he sat down with the Baltic leaders in the cabinet room, he talked for 15 minutes.

So he kind of had to press conferences today and he kind of set a lot of stuff.

Yes, he answered a lot of questions.

And in particular, he talked a lot about immigration, which happens to be this thing that he has been tweeting about ever since he tweeted Happy Easter.

Well, the president has been really focused on immigration for the last couple of days.

He's been tweeting that there's not going to be a docket deal.

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